July 2014
Achilles’ heel
...and grow the economy. So which services have become parts of national infrastructure? The global navigation satellite system (GNSS) is an obvious example. Satellite networks provide the ability to allow instant credit card authorisation and automated...
March 2021
Space weather and risk mitigation
..., which is supported by the whole spectrum of existing space assets including the global navigation satellite system (GNSS), communication satellites, Earth observation systems, space probes and even CubeSats. Therefore, the operation of the whole...
June 2021
The next ‘unthinkable’ – global disruption from a solar storm
... the investment industry could be affected. Think, for example, about high-speed trading where the global navigation satellite systems are commonly used to place time stamps on financial transactions where precision timing is critical. A severe space...
03 June 2019
CEN and CENELEC to hold workshop on standards in space applications
..., space is already part of our daily life: from road navigation to geo-marketing, up to helping us locate friends on social...Space Strategy for Europe; the applications from the global navigation satellite system Galileo and EGNOS for road, rail, air ...
18 April 2023
Spire launches customers’ Earth and debris monitoring satellites
... hosts a hyperspectral camera with advanced on-board processing capabilities in combination with Spire’s Global Navigation Satellite System-Reflectometry (GNSS-R) sensor payload that will collect intelligence on soil moisture. Data collected will...
June 2015
Watching over alpine explorers
... rescue forces operating in the alpine region. The system is based on Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) for positioning and navigation. Terrestrial and satellite communication is used to provide a high level of reliability and thus seamless...
