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The Global Positioning System (GPS) was developed by the United States military in the 1970s, but it wasn’t long before civilians all over the planet started using it. By the …read more Continue reading There’s More to Global Positioning than Just GPS
We naturally pick up microorganisms as we move about the world. Now, researchers have developed an AI tool that accurately links you to a particular location using a sample of the bugs you’ve collected on your travels – like a bacterial satellite navig… Continue reading Bacterial ‘sat nav’ tracks where you’ve been with surprising accuracy
The most abundant metal known to man is iron. It’s everywhere. Not just on Earth, but in space as well. Astro engineers have just figured out how to use iron – or nearly any metal for that matter – as plasma rocket fuel.Continue ReadingCategory: Space,… Continue reading Super Magdrive rocket thrusters run on heavy metal
When Garmin acquired DeLorme in 2016, it immediately upgraded its outdoor offerings with the addition of the inReach line of two-way emergency satellite communications beacons. Two years later in 2018, it improved upon the inReach design by shrinking i… Continue reading Garmin Mini 2 digital survival beacon throws lifeline farther off-grid
The name Gladys West is probably unfamiliar, but she was part of creating something you probably use often enough: GPS. You wouldn’t think a child who grew up on a …read more Continue reading Gladys West Modelled the Earth So That We Can Have GPS
ESA plans to use its upcoming Lunar Pathfinder mission to experiment with expanding sat-nav coverage to the Moon. By tuning in to the radio signals leaking from the Galileo and GPS satellite constellations, the goal is to provide more precise and accur… Continue reading ESA’s Pathfinder mission to test sat-nav coverage in lunar orbit
More than 30 years of planning and development have borne fruit six months ahead of schedule, as China’s complete BeiDou-3 global satellite positioning system was formally commissioned this month.Continue ReadingCategory: Mobile Technology, TechnologyT… Continue reading China’s BeiDou global satellite navigation system is fully operational
A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS? There’s a whole world of GPS-alikes out there. Let’s take a look.
The Global Positioning System (GPS) that …read more
Continue reading Not Just GPS: New Options For Global Positioning
The Global Position System (GPS) has turned 25 years old. Operated by the US Space Force, the constellation of navigational satellites went fully operational on April 27, 1995, though US Space Command only made the formal announcement three months late… Continue reading GPS notches up 25 years of telling us where to go
Keeping track of position is crucial in a lot of situations. On Earth, it’s usually relatively straight-forward, with systems having been developed over the centuries that would allow one to get at least a rough fix on one’s position on this planet. But for a satellite out in space, however, …read more
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