A new system enables interconnected smart devices to cooperatively pinpoint their positions in noisy, GPS-denied environments. (Image: Christine Daniloff, MIT)

Research Roundup: Soft information for IoT positioning

November 19, 2019

Soft information for IoT positioning The billions of interconnected devices and sensors embedded in other devices, vehicles and […]

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A re-configurable NASA receiver called the Space Communications and Navigation Testbed, SCaN is attached to the exterior of the ISS. In April 2018 the chest-sized SCaN, seen left of centre with an antenna on top, was used to make the first combined Galileo-GPS positioning fix in orbit. (Photo: NASA)

Combined orbital Galileo-GPS position fix achieved aboard ISS

July 2, 2018

A combined Galileo–GPS positioning fix has been achieved in space — aboard the International Space Station — through an ESA–NASA collaboration.

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System of Systems: First GPS/Galileo receiver flown in space

July 27, 2017

By Werner Enderle and James J. Miller The European Space Agency (ESA) and the U.S. National Aeronautics and […]

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The concept image above shows the NEA Scout CubeSat with its solar sail deployed as it characterizes a near-Earth asteroid. (NASA)

Sensonor supplies IMUs for NASA’s Raven and asteroid Scout

August 26, 2016

Sensonor AS is partnering with NASA to supply current and future low- and near-Earth orbit space missions with inertial and […]

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GPS aboard the world’s highest, fastest manned gliders

January 13, 2016

Featuring an exclusive interview with Astronaut Scott Kelly from aboard the International Space Station This month, we discuss sailplanes […]

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The International Space Station. (Photo: ESA)

ESA Aims to Map Sea Surfaces with GNSS Radio Occultation

May 8, 2015

A new concept that involves mounting an instrument on the International Space Station and taking advantage of signals from navigation satellites could provide measurements of sea-surface height and information about features related to ocean currents, benefiting science and ocean forecasting.

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