Seen & Heard: Microsatellites, tethered drones and ladybugs

July 25, 2019

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and […]

This article is tagged with California, CYGNSS, Geoscience Australia, ladybugs, Land Information New Zealand, Madrid, NASA, New Zealand, tethered drone, Wanda Metropolitano and posted in From the Magazine, UAV/UGV

Once the deployment module on the Orbital ATK Pegasus XL launch vehicle reaches its final altitude of approximately 510 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, the eight CYGNSS microsatellite observatories will be deployed in opposing pairs over a two minute period. (Image credit: University of Michigan)

NASA launches micro satellites with GNSS receivers for remote weather sensing

December 15, 2016

Surrey Satellite Technology’s Space GNSS Receiver Remote Sensing Instrument (SGR-ReSI) is the primary payload onboard NASA’s CYGNSS constellation, […]

This article is tagged with CYGNSS, GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-R, NASA, Surrey Satellite Technology, weather forecasting and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News, Mapping

The TechDemoSat-1 satellite, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (Photo: SSTL)

Wind-speed data based on ocean surface using GNSS-R

December 6, 2016

The National Oceanography Centre (NOC) has developed global wind speed products based on reflected GPS signals, using data […]

This article is tagged with CYGNSS, GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-R, weather and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Leadership Awards 2012: Pairing LEOs with GNSS Birds

December 1, 2012

This article reproduces the acceptance speeches given by the winners of GPS World’s 2012 Leadership Awards, at the Leadership Dinner in Nashville in September. The Leadership Dinner was sponsored by Lockheed Martin and Deimos Space.

This article is tagged with CYGNSS, Galileo, GIOVE-A, In-Orbit Validation and posted in From the Magazine, Opinions

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