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...
10 February 2022
SpaceX Starlink satellites fall out of sky after storm
...that diaphanous tendrils of warming air literally reached up and ‘grabbed’ the Starlink satellites. SpaceX says onboard GPS devices detected atmospheric drag increasing up to 50 percent higher than during previous launches. "Preliminary analysis show...
15 June 2022
NASA counts on ESA cooperation for lunar exploration
...to create a network of communications and navigation satellites supporting Lunar exploration, just as today we navigate using Galileo and GPS on Earth. ESA and NASA also signed a Framework Agreement for a Strategic Partnership in Earth System Science...
