Artist's rendering of the Lunar Pathfinder. (Image: SSTL)

Research Roundup: Lunar GNSS applications

March 30, 2022

NASA and its international partners are planning a return to our natural satellite. The following three papers — […]

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Spirent Federal to support NASA for GNSS testing

November 17, 2020

NASA has selected Spirent Federal Systems for testing GNSS for lunar exploration. The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and […]

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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