A new BeiDou satellite is launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province, Nov. 5. (Photo: Liu Xu/Xinhua)

China launches a new BDS-3 satellite

November 6, 2019

China sent a new satellite of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from the Xichang Satellite […]

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Pierre Delsaux speaks at an EU breakfast on space policy . (Photo: European Union)

“Unacceptable! Never again!”: EC Deputy on Galileo outage

November 5, 2019

Responding to a suggestion about the Galileo outage this past summer to the effect of “these things happen,” […]

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Raytheon upgrades WAAS with GEO 6 payload

November 5, 2019

Raytheon has delivered the Wide Area Augmentation System Geosynchronous Earth Orbiting 6 satellite navigation payload to the U.S. […]

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OS Net Station: A CORS station in Tiree, the Hebrides, part of the Ordnance Survey's 110-strong OS Net network. (Photo: Ordnance Survey)

ESA to use CORS networks for global error mapping

November 4, 2019

News from the European Space Agency There are more than five billion satnav devices on Earth. Along with […]

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Groundbreaking ceremony for the Bush Combat Development Complex at the Texas A&M University System RELLIS Campus, named in honor of former President George H.W. Bush.

U.S. Army partners with UT Austin, Texas A&M System for advanced PNT

October 30, 2019

This month, the University of Texas at Austin became a major research hub for the U.S. Army Futures […]

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EGNOS GEO-3’s launch satellite has solar array problem

October 25, 2019

Eutelsat Communications is investigating an incident on one of the two solar arrays on its Eutelsat 5 West […]

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Future UK GNSS gets small business investment

October 24, 2019

With Brexit on the horizon, the U.K. Space Agency is interested in creating its own GNSS. The agency […]

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Brad Parkinson called the Ligado proposal “a grave threat to GPS.” (Photo: Rebecca Zia)

Parkinson questions long delay resolving Ligado issue

October 22, 2019

Tells Space Advisory group spectrum issues a concern for all Speaking to a gathering of space industry leaders, […]

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