SES reports it has joined as the medium Earth orbit (MEO) connectivity partner for Microsoft Azure Orbital, Microsoft’s new managed service enabling network operators to communicate and control their satellite capacity, process data, and scale their operations directly within Azure. The integration is part of a multi-year agreement between the two companies that accelerates and expands SES’s use of Azure to significantly advance the digital transformation of the company’s services and operations as part […]

Image: ESA The European Commission (EC) is seeking help to build a roadmap for high-accuracy Galileo and EGNOS services. The EC Directorate-General for Defence Industry and Space (DG-DEFIS) has issued an Invitation to Tender for a service contract to address how the future evolution of European GNSS (EGNSS) could be beneficial for innovative demanding applications. The new service contract will assess the feasibility of an integrity service complementing EGNSS high accuracy in the 2030+ timeframe. […]

September 23, 2020 By Libby Dykes, Garmin Ambassador, @iron_tica With the coronavirus pandemic impacting all facets of our lives, many of us may be struggling to stay motivated with our training. Under normal circumstances, races have served as valuable sources of motivation. They gave us a target or destination to reach for and complete. They pushed us to improve our performance and monitor our progress toward our goals. With most events canceled for safety reasons, […]

By Roi Mit, CMO, Regulus Cyber Roi Mit, CMO, Regulus Cyber GPS technology is doing far more than helping us navigate or receive accurate time. It is now being used to fight the spread of the global COVID-19 pandemic. Global navigation satellite systems are being used to collect big data on travel and contact, but they are also being used in more unconventional ways: for example, quarantine enforcement and sanitation technology. Read on to learn […]

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Kleos Space, a space-powered Radio Frequency Reconnaissance data-as-a-service (DaaS) company is pleased to provide an update on the Kleos Scouting Mission launching on the Indian Space Research Organisation’s (ISRO) PSLV-C49 Mission from Satish Dhawan Space Centre (SDSC), Sriharikota Range in India (SHAR). The Company has been informed (by NSIL via Spaceflight Inc.) that the launch of the four Kleos satellites planned on-board PSLV-C49 mission is being targeted during the 1st half of […]

Bernard Gruber Bernard Gruber, who previously headed the GPS program for the United States Air Force, has joined the GPS World Editorial Advisory Board. Gruber is senior director of Guided Projectiles and Precision Weapons, Innovation Systems, at the Armament Systems Division of Northrop Grumman in Plymouth, Minnesota. In this role, he is responsible for the capture and program execution of multiple U.S. Department of Defense and global programs within five business lanes: Precision Guidance Kits […]

September 18, 2020 Creating innovative motorsports technology is more than just a job with this crew. It is a passion they’ve shared since most of them were too young to drive. It is this common bond that brings them together at Garmin to engineer and develop solutions for drivers who want to clock faster lap times on the track. Let’s meet the team! Gareth Recalls:“My involvement in motorsports began at 2 years of age with […]

Space and Missile Systems Center Public Affairs / Published August 12, 2020 LOS ANGELES AIR FORCE BASE, Calif.–The United States Space Force’s Space and Missile Systems Center took a major step towards Operational Acceptance of the long awaited Global Positioning System (GPS) Military-Code (M-Code) with the completion of the major M-Code Early Use (MCEU) hardware and software upgrade to the GPS Operational Control System (OCS) on July 27. The encrypted M-Code signal enhances […]

Photo: JamesBrey/E+/Getty Images U.S. Cellular, Qualcomm Technologies Inc. and Ericsson have successfully achieved the first extended-range 5G NR millimeter Wave (mmWave) data call in the U.S. on a commercial network. The extended-range data call milestone was completed in Janesville, Wisconsin, over a more than 5-km distance with speeds greater than 100 Mbps. According to the companies, the achievement redefines the perception of 5G mmWave spectrum as an urban- or high-density-only deployment technology and offers new […]