11 July 2018
High hopes for Hi-C mission to reveal secrets of the Sun
..., can affect not only just our weather but the solar flares can also disrupt radio, GPS communications and satellites that disseminate mobile phone signals. After impressing NASA with his report on the...
29 August 2018
New national launch record for China
... country ramps up its aerospace activities. The Beidou system is China’s equivalent to Europe’s Galileo constellation and the US GPS precision timing and navigation system and it plans to have 35 active satellites in orbit by 2020 to provide global...
16 September 2020
The Sun enters a new cycle and will reach a peak in 2025
... with the electrical power grid as well as navigation and timing systems like the Global Positioning System (GPS). The satellite is due for launch in 2024, ahead of Solar Cycle 25’s predicted peak in July 2025...
25 November 2020
Solar astronomers "listening" to the Sun can now predict future sunspots
... into our upper atmosphere and cause Auroras. The same charged particles can also impact communications, GPS and electrical grid systems by producing electrical surges that lead to black outs. Presently, the US National Solar...
31 December 2020
'mu Space' to build Thailand's first spaceship in 2021
... vehicles to be used on the Moon mission will also be built along with a locally made Global Positioning System (GPS). The factory will be equipped with a 5G communication system added Yenbamroong and it will also serve as a platform to develop...
15 November 2021
Earth's lower atmosphere is rising due to climate change, new study says
... instruments dating back to 2002 that probe the atmosphere by measuring the degree to which Global Positioning System (GPS) radio signals bend and slow as they pass through the atmosphere. This was coupled with recently...