24/7 Coverage of GPS News
January 28, 2011
GPS NEWS
JAXA Selects Spirent For Multi-GNSS Testing
Paignton, UK (SPX) Jan 28, 2011
To further the development of the Quazi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) program, the Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) has selected Spirent Communications' testing solutions to verify performance of its satellite receivers. Responsible for the development of initial QZSS receivers, JAXA is using Spirent's GSS8000 Multi-GNSS Constellation Simulator to verify QZSS receiver performance. The highly elliptical orbits of QZSS allow satellites to dwell at high elevations, improving covera ... read more

.
Buy Advertising Media Advertising Kit Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy
..
TECH SPACE

When Artemis Talks, Johannes Kepler Listens
..
TECH SPACE

LockMart To Enhance Space Systems Development With Opening Of New Virtual Laboratory
..
TECH SPACE

'Smartphone Satellite' Developed By Surrey Space Researchers
..
GPS NEWS

Russia To Launch New Batch Of Glonass Satellites By June
..

Tempur-Pedic Mattress Comparison & Memory Foam Mattress Review
. .
spacecraft sub-system supplier Satellite Services supplies on-board sub-systems for smallsats and microsats.


Global Space and Satellite Forum Space applications that are making a difference to telecoms, EO and security



Solar energy quotes and
Solar energy solutions
..
FLORA AND FAUNA

Nepal uses satellites to track rare tiger
An injured wild tiger that strayed into a tourist resort in Nepal has been moved to a new home in the jungle and fitted with a satellite collar so its progress can be tracked, the government said. ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Galileo Satellite Undergoes Launch Check-Up At ESTEC
Galileo's first satellite is undergoing testing at ESA's technical centre in the Netherlands, checking its readiness to be launched into orbit. This marks a significant step for Europe's Galileo sat ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In SoCal
Raytheon's new Global Positioning System Collaboration Center opening in February 2011 in El Segundo, Calif., will allow U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems personnel to interact with the GPS O ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Europe defends 'stupid' Galileo satellite
Europe stood by its much-delayed and over-budget Galileo satellite navigation system on Tuesday despite a rising price tag and a contractor's description of the project as "stupid." ... more
..
MILTECH

DRS Expands Armor Product Offering With Its All-New Compact Tablet
DRS Technologies has announced that its Tactical Systems Group has recently unveiled its newest ARMOR rugged mobile computer, the ARMOR X7 compact tablet. This all-new small mobile computer is speci ... more
..
MILTECH

SDS Delivers MQ-9 Reaper Simulator To ERAU
SDS International (SDS) recently delivered a specialized version of the ROVATTS-based MQ-9 Reaper Mission Training Device (MTD) tabletop simulator to Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) to s ... more
..
CAR TECH

Introducing All-New Focus Electric
Ford Motor Company has unveiled its all-new Focus Electric - the company's first-ever all-electric passenger car. The zero-CO2-emissions, gasoline-free version of Ford's popular small car is the fla ... more
..
SPACEWAR

ISRO-Enabled Control Room For Anti-Naxal Operations
A state-of-the-art control room with giant TV screens that will help track the offensive of security forces in Naxal strongholds with satellite imaging and GPS has been activated at the CRPF headqua ... more
..
SPACEMART

2011 to be 'revolution' for Europe in space - ESA
Europe is set for a space "revolution" in 2011 when two new types of rocket join its launch pad in French Guiana, European Space Agency (ESA) boss Jean-Jacques Dordain said on Friday. ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Galileo satnav system called 'stupid idea': US cable
The head of a German firm working on Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system called it a "stupid idea" being pushed by France for military reasons, a leaked US diplomatic cable showed Thursday. ... more
..
RUSSIAN SPACE

Russia to spend $3.8B on space program
The Russian government will spend $3.8 billion on its national space program in 2011, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said Tuesday. ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Another GPS Software Upgrade Completed
As part of a larger ongoing effort by Air Force officials to improve and maintain the current GPS ground system, Air Force Space Command officials completed another sustainment software release for ... more
..
GPS NEWS

China schools issue GPS phones to boost safety
Schools in Beijing are giving GPS-equipped mobile phones to students, as China seeks to tackle the twin problems of missing children and campus violence, state press said Monday. ... more
..
WHITE OUT

Fresh snow storm bears down on New York
New Yorkers, still reeling from one of the biggest snow storms in the Big Apple's history, faced a fresh dump of the white stuff Friday as officials vowed to be better prepared this time. ... more
..
GPS NEWS

GPSCaddy Golf App Now Offers Free Course Maps
Calton Hill, the Scottish mobile phone application developers, have announced that all golf course maps for their prize-winning GPSCaddy app are now free. This makes GPSCaddy even better value ... more
..
GPS NEWS

ISRO To Implement Regional Navigation Satellite System
The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) plans to implement the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) to provide India and neighbouring countries with the Position Navigation and ... more
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy
..
..
SPACEMART

Russia To Launch 50 ComSats Over Next Five Years
Russia plans to launch five Glonass communication satellites in 2011 and 48 more later to create a Cosmonaut information highway, local media reported Wednesday. There are 20 of 26 Glonass sat ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Magellan Introduces New Member To eXplorist Family
Magellan has announced the introduction of the Magellan eXplorist 310 GPS receiver, a power-packed, waterproof, and rugged handheld GPS designed for essential outdoor navigation. The newest ad ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Japan eyes building its own GPS system
Japan is considering launching new satellites to establish its own global positioning system (GPS) in a bid to reduce its reliance on the US navigation network, officials said on Wednesday. ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Networks Of Up To 2 Million Cells Now Supported By GeoLENs Location Platform
Touting one of the wireless industry's most comprehensive location platforms, Andrew Solutions, the CommScope, Inc. division that is a global leader in wireless communication systems and products, h ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Software Will Take Half Of The Total Nav Market By 2016
Industry experts have long ago decided which side of the "software is killing the dedicated in-car navigation device" debate they are on. However, in a market with traditionally long product life-cy ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Garmin Has A GPS Device For Everyone
Garmin International has announced that its 2011 Consumer Electronics Show product line-up is one of its most diverse ever and is designed to emphasize the different ways GPS can be used across all ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Privacy Push Will Impact Geolocation Sector
Efforts to protect consumers' privacy on the Internet are likely to impact companies that collect, use or distribute geolocation data, said LeClairRyan attorney Kevin D. Pomfret, a leading advisor i ... more
..
GPS NEWS

President Medvedev Sacks Space Officials Over Satellite Loss
Russian President Dmitry Medvedev dismissed two senior space industry officials and reprimanded the head of Russia's space agency Roscosmos, Anatoly Perminov on Wednesday over the recent loss of thr ... more
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy
..
MARSDAILY
Inclined Orbits Prevail

Inclined Orbits Prevail In Exoplanetary Systems

Planet Affects A Star's Spin

MARSDAILY
Canada upgrades air defense radars

DigitalGlobe Collaborates With Satellite Sentinel Project To Keep Eye On Sudan

When Artemis Talks, Johannes Kepler Listens

MARSDAILY
Russia To Launch New Batch Of Glonass Satellites By June

JAXA Selects Spirent For Multi-GNSS Testing

Raytheon To Open GPS Collaboration Center In SoCal

MARSDAILY
Slow progress in U.S.-China space efforts

China Builds Theme Park In Spaceport

Tiangong Space Station Plans Progessing

MARSDAILY
Russian Astronomers Predict Apophis-Earth Collision In 2036

Meteorite Just One Piece Of An Unknown Celestial Body

Building Blocks of Life Created In "Impossible" Place

MARSDAILY
NASA Comet Hunter Spots Its Valentine

Asteroids Ahoy! Jupiter Scar Likely From Rocky Body

More Asteroids Could Have Made Life's Ingredients

..
SHAKE AND BLOW

Six Years After The Tsunami Disaster
Six years after the tsunami disaster of 26/12/2004, the set-up of the German-Indonesian Tsunami Early Warning System for the Indian Ocean (GITEWS) has been completed. The project ends on 31 March 20 ... more
..
TECH SPACE

Bob Benson: Tales Of Chilly Research
As the weather gets colder in Maryland, Bob Benson tells tales of winters he used to know in Minnesota, the South Pole, and Alaska. A five-decade career studying Earth's ionosphere - the part of Ear ... more
..
GPS NEWS

Galileo Pathfinder GIOVE-A Achieves Five Years In Orbit
ESA's GIOVE-A satellite - the first prototype of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system - is still working well after five years in space. The first 'Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element' ... more
..
OPINION SPACE

ISRO Cannot Afford Failures
The Indian space research organization (ISRO) was not destined to end the year on a cheerful note. On Christmas eve its GSAT-5P satellite launch mission failed in the "first stage" of the launch pro ... more
..
SOLAR SCIENCE

Space weather: Forecasters keep eye on looming 'Solar Max'
The coming year will be an important one for space weather as the Sun pulls out of a trough of low activity and heads into a long-awaited and possibly destructive period of turbulence. ... more
..
RUSSIAN SPACE

Medvedev fires space chiefs after satellite crash
President Dmitry Medvedev on Wednesday fired two top space officials and reprimanded the space agency chief after a launch failure caused Russia to delay the deployment of its own navigation system. ... more
..
LAUNCH PAD

Russia puts European satellite Ka-Sat in orbit
Russia on Monday put into orbit the European Ka-Sat satellite launched overnight by a Proton-M rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, space officials said. ... more
..
STATION NEWS

Russian rocket docks with space station
A Russian Soyuz space rocket carrying three astronauts on Friday docked with the International Space Station (ISS), Russia's mission control said. ... more
Previous Issues Jan 26 Jan 25 Jan 24 Jan 21
The contents herein, unless otherwise known to be public domain, are Copyright 1995-2011 - SpaceDaily. AFP and UPI Wire Stories are copyright Agence France-Presse and United Press International. ESA Portal Reports are copyright European Space Agency. All NASA sourced material is public domain. Additional copyrights may apply in whole or part to other bona fide parties. Advertising does not imply endorsement, agreement or approval of any opinions, statements or information provided by SpaceDaily on any web page published or hosted by SpaceDaily. Privacy statement
Free Newsletters - Delivered Daily Via Email - Space - War - Terra - Energy
..
Buy Advertising Media Advertising Kit Editorial & Other Enquiries Privacy statement