Today's GLONASS launch was successful, according to reports from the Russian Space Agency, Roscosmos. Launch occurred at 00:53:50 UTC, and the three satellites were released from the DM-2 upper stage of the launch rocket at 04:26 UTC. According to Roscosmos, by 05:08 UTC all three spacecraft were...More>>

The three GLONASS-M satellites to be launched on September 2 have successfully undergone pre-launch testing, and have been mated to the Block DM-2 upper stage of the launch rocket at the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The satellites (no. 36, 37, and 38) will constitute the GLONASS Block 42 triad. Block 1, a...More>>

The first of the three GLONASS-M satellites to be launched on September 2 has arrived at the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. GLONASS vehicle No. 37 (to be known as 737 on launch) arrived on a transport plane from Krasnoyarsk on July 26. Ground testing of the satellite is already underway. The...More>>

President Obama issued a new National Space Policy today, according to Jason Y. Kim, National Coordination Office for Space-Based PNT. The policy includes high-level language about GPS that is intended to complement the existing guidance in the 2004 PNT policy, which remains in effect.More>>

Does combining GPS and GLONASS observations make a difference? The International GNSS Service (IGS) has been providing such data for several years. Representatives from two IGS analysis centers discuss the past, present, and future of IGS GNSS monitoring and product development. More>>

JSC Russian Space Systems and Trimble Navigation Group have announced the signing of constituent documents and the registration of a joint venture between the Russian Federation and the United States in the field of satellite navigation, LLC Rusnavgeoset. The main purpose of the new joint venture...More>>

A mock-up of the future GLONASS-K satellites is undergoing thermal-vacuum testing at the Reshetnev Information Satellite Systems company, the manufacturer of the GLONASS satellites. The GLONASS-K spacecraft is a completely new design and, unlike previous models, is unpressurized. More>>

OmniSTAR announced results of a receiver test in which two OmniSTAR 9200G2 receivers ran in parallel for two days, restarting every hour. One receiver processed OmniSTAR proprietary SBAS-supplied corrections for both GLONASS and GPS. The second receiver only worked with GPS corrections.More>>

The CPGPS 2010 Technical Forum on Satellite Navigation and Positioning will be held on August 18-20 in Shanghai, China, and is now seeking papaer submissions. The deadline for abstracts is June 1.More>>

“This is an event where one gets one’s goals for the next year.” Paul Verhoef, program director for satellite navigation programs of the European Commission, may have exaggerated for effect, and for the benefit of his audience and hosts at the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in March. But...More>>