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Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), Goonhilly Earth Station and the European Space Agency have signed a collaboration agreement for Commercial Lunar Mission Support Services at the Space Symposium in Colorado Springs. This innovative commercial partnership for exploration aims to develop a European lunar telecommunications and navigation infrastructure, including the delivery of payloads and nanosats to lunar orbit. (Photo: SSTL)

ESA studies lay path to navigating the moon

October 2, 2020

Two European Space Agency studies found that the signal from navigation satellites orbiting Earth could be used to […]


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Engineers and technicians at the Mohammed bin Rashid Space Center prepare the Hope Probe for its trip to Mars. (Photo: UAE Space Agency)

Following Mars probe, UAE to launch two navigation satellites

August 12, 2020

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) will launch the first of two navigation satellites in 2021, according to the […]


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Artist's rendering of a Glonass-K satellite. (Image: ISS-Reshetnev)

GLONASS company to build 27 more satellites

January 27, 2020

ISS-Reshetnev Company — the primary GLONASS contractor — has a backlog of orders for navigation satellites up to […]


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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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China completes BeiDou-3 constellation with another launch

November 19, 2018

The launch and deployment of the 42nd and 43rd BeiDou satellites complete the basic BDS-3 constellation. China has […]


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Liftoff of the Long March 3B rocket sending the Beidou-3 M15 and M15 satellites into orbit. (Photo: CALT)

China launches pair of BeiDou-3 satellites into orbit

October 15, 2018

China successfully launched a pair of BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into medium Earth orbits on Oct. 15, according to […]


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Harris showcases GPS navigation satellite capabilities at ION GNSS+ 2018

September 29, 2018

Harris Corporation’s Jason Hendrix discusses the company’s capabilities for GPS navigation satellites at ION GNSS+ 2018, which took […]


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China sends twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Xichang, southwest China's Sichuan Province, Sept. 19, 2018. (Photo: Xinhua/Liang Keyan)

China launches yet more BeiDou navigation satellites

September 20, 2018

On Sept. 19, China successfully sent twin BeiDou-3 navigation satellites into space on a single carrier rocket, according […]


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