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TAG: International Space Station

The SCaN Testbed prior to launch to the International Space Station. (Photo: NASA)

NASA advancing GNSS capabilities for spacecraft

January 14, 2021

NASA’s Space Communications and Navigation (SCaN) program is developing capabilities that will allow missions at high altitudes to […]


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Santa's sleigh flying past the International Space Station on a precise digital twin of the Earth built by Cesium. (Photo: Cesium)

Santa Claus to fly by the International Space Station

December 16, 2020

Santa Claus will be performing a ceremonial fly-by of the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 24. The […]


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Closeup of fires at Honesuckle Point south of Eden. (9atellite image ©2020 Maxar Technologies)

Visualizing the Australian bushfires through satellites and maps

January 13, 2020

The months-long wildfires raging in Australia have killed at least 25 people. Millions — possibly 1 billion — […]


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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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