TAG: lunar navigation

Lunar navigation satellites will ultimately help guide Moon landings, such as with the European Large Logistic Lander. (Image: ESA)

The Moon: Where no satnav has gone before

April 20, 2022

News from the European Space Agency The test version of a unique satellite navigation receiver has been delivered […]


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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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Matteo Luccio

Building a planetary navigation system

August 1, 2021

Soon, global navigation will no longer suffice. Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon after more than […]


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Artist’s concept of NASA’s Magnetospheric Multiscale mission consists of four identically equipped observatories that rely on Navigator GPS to maintain an exacting orbit that is at its highest point nearly half-way to the Moon. (Image: NASA)

NASA wants to use GPS at the Moon for Artemis missions

July 11, 2019

News from NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center GPS could be used to pilot in and around lunar orbit […]


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