A story that appeared last week on a Russian news website, "Russia's GPS rival to survive on private investments" apparently consists of journalistic exaggeration. The story claimed that government funding would be cut off, but official sources say that's not true, that it is merely a question of...More>>

ISS Reshetnev has reported that the Russian Space Agency's Luch-5A relay satellite has passed the initial inspection carried out at its temporary location at about 58.5 degrees east longitude. On January 13, the company stated that the satellite is being maintained in standby mode with company...More>>

Proposals made at a December 27 Moscow meeting on the status and future of the satellite constellation included one to expand the GLONASS constellation to 30 satellites using six orbital planes. Five other options for upgrading the constellation were also aired.More>>

The following updates to GNSS constellations is provided by the CANSPACE Listserv. Included are updates on GPS, GLONASS, Beidou-2/Compass, and SDMA.More>>

Roscosmos, the Russian space agency, has launched the Luch-5A geostationary relay satellite. The satellite was propelled into space on a Proton-M rocket with a Breeze-M upper stage from the Baikonur Cosmodrome on Sunday, December 11, at 11:17 UTC. Luch-5A was accompanied by the Israeli Amos-5...More>>

For the first time in more than 15 years, GLONASS is fully operational, with 24 satellites in their designated orbital slots, set healthy, and providing world coverage. More>>

Free downloadable software Toolkits at www.egnos-portal.eu can help cell-phone and handheld receiver developers enhance location and timing applications with GPS corrrection data from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite-based augmentation system. The Toolkits...More>>

According to the Roscosmos Information-Analytical Centre, GLONASS 746, launched Monday, is destined for orbit slot 17 in Plane 3. This is the current location of GLONASS 714, the oldest currently functioning satellite in Plane 3, launched on December 25, 2005. Based on NORAD/JSpOC tracking, GLONASS...More>>

A one-chip multiconstellation GNSS receiver, now in volume production, has been tested in severe urban environments to demonstrate the benefits of multiconstellation operation in a consumer receiver. Bringing combined GPS/GLONASS from a few tens of thousands of surveying receivers to many millions...More>>

Roscosmos, the Russian Space Agency, has announced the successful launch this morning of a single GLONASS-M satellite from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome using a Soyuz-2.1b rocket with a Fregat upper stage. The launch, scheduled for 08:25:58 UTC, occurred on time. The upper stage and the satellite...More>>