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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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This article is tagged with Artemis mission, Bobcat-1, CubeSat, Glenn Research Center, Goddard Space Flight Center, International Space Station, multi-GNSS, NASA, SCAN, SCaN testbed, Space Communications and Navigation, spacecraft and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

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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This article is tagged with ESA, European Space Agency, Galileo, GPS, International Space Station, ISS, NASA, position fix, SCaN testbed, Space Communications and Navigation Testbed and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News