Sino-Russian border. The Russians first built the gate on the right.. China responded by building the gate on the left. (Photo: Commons/hypersite/reddit)

Russia passes law on GLONASS-BeiDou cooperation

July 29, 2019

A Russian law was approved July 26 that sets forth cooperation between Russia and China on using GLONASS […]

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This article is tagged with agreement, BeiDou, China, cooperation, GLONASS, railways, Russia and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

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K2 will drive GLONASS under 1M

June 20, 2019

New GLONASS-K2 satellites will improve the accuracy of Russia’s satellite navigation system from 3-5 meters to less than […]

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This article is tagged with ERA-GLONASS, GLONASS, GLONASS CDMA, Joint Stock Company GLONASS, K2 satellite, Mikhail Korablyov, Russia and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News, Transportation

Photo: Topcon

Precision agriculture aided by internet, SBAS

January 23, 2019

By Juan Vázquez, Elisabet Lacarra, Jorge Morán and Miguel A. Sánchez, ESSP SAS, and Julian Rioja and Jimmy […]

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This article is tagged with EGNOS, EGNOS GEO, ESSP SAS, European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, GLONASS, Ntrip service, satellite-based augmentation system, SBAS, Topcon Agriculture, WAAS and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine

Photo: Wes Cole, courtesy JAVAD GNSS

Survey accuracy: The future of precision with 5 GNSS constellations

January 11, 2019

Today’s GNSS satellites transmit on three or more carrier frequencies. The quality of the data in these signals […]

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This article is tagged with BeiDou, construction, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS constellations, GNSS receivers, ionospheric residual, mining, QZSS, range residual, survey, surveying, UAV, University of Nottingham and posted in Featured Stories, From the Magazine, Survey

India to host GLONASS ground station for Russia

January 2, 2019

The Indian Space Research Organisation is getting ready to host a ground station for Russia’s GLONASS. The ground station will […]

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This article is tagged with GLONASS, ground station, India, ISRO, NAVIC, Russia and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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Russia company makes drones for Arctic work

December 11, 2018

The ZALA Arctic drones are capable of successfully solving both civilian and military tasks, according to maker Kalashnikov. […]

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This article is tagged with Arctic, GIRSAM alternative navigation system, GLONASS, Kalashnikov, UAV, ZALA Arctic, ZALA Arctic UAV and posted in Latest News, UAV/UGV

The Orientale Basin in a 4K NASA video of the lunar surface using observations from the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter. (Photo: NASA)

Russia plans to place positioning satellites around the Moon

December 3, 2018

Russian positioning satellites could circle the Moon by 2040. In a draft document describing Russia’s program for lunar […]

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This article is tagged with GLONASS, lunar exploration, lunar orbit, moon, navigation satellite, navigational satellite, Roscosmos, Russia and posted in GNSS, Latest News

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ICG aims for stronger interoperability, transparency

November 12, 2018

The United Nations’ International Committee on GNSS (ICG) held its 13th meeting in Xi’an, China, Nov. 4-9. Attendees […]

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This article is tagged with BeiDou, Belt and Road, Galileo, GLONASS, GPS, ICG, International Committee on GNSS, interoperability and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News