October 2020
Essential role of satellites in disaster and pandemic management
... has helped in capacity building. Global Positioning System (GPS) services were mastered during the Ebola outbreak to keep...Vehicles, location-based social media platforms and other GPS applications in the surveillance, monitoring and mitigation of ...
April 2021
Space industry trends in the pandemic
...represent new opportunities for commercial start-ups with GPS alternative and cybersecurity solutions. For example, Seraphim’s..., Xona Space Systems, is looking to deploy its own GPS constellation in low Earth orbit. Design for Virgin Galactic’s Mach...
October 2024
Space exploration remains a crucial endeavour for humanity
... in core technologies such as satellite communications and GPS, as well as broader applications supporting a whole...data collected anywhere on the planet is transmitted along with a GPS signal when the turtle surfaces. As the shell sheds layers, ...
10 May 2021
Sun's biggest outburst this cycle is sending solar storms to Earth and Mars
... could result in an aurora at high latitudes on 12 May. It could also interfere with high frequency radio communications and GPS reception in regions such as Iceland, Brazil, Alaska and areas near to the UK. The solar storm heading to the...
01 June 2021
Space junk collision highlights need for intervention
... by society's dependence on satellite systems for telecommunications, GPS and other everyday services. It is estimated that there... critical space assets, such as Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites and the International Space Station (ISS) and...
July 2014
A revitalised space sector reduces costs and makes space data more accessible
... the infrastructure. For this reason, global satellite navigation constellations like Europe’s Galileo or the next generation GPS constellation in the US are being built with public funds, with no direct connection to the businesses that will...
