https://spacewatch.global/tag/global-navigation-satellite-system-gnss/ AN INDEPENDENT PERSPECTIVE ON SPACE Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:49 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://spacewatch.global/wp-content/uploads/2024/09/SpaceWatchGlobal-Sign-90x90.png https://spacewatch.global/tag/global-navigation-satellite-system-gnss/ 32 32 https://spacewatch.global/2022/10/euspa-announces-third-annual-myeuspace-competition/ Tue, 25 Oct 2022 06:00:49 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=44221 The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has announced the third iteration of its myEUspace competition. The competition challenges innovators to develop game-changing commercial solutions that leverage EU Space data and signals from Galileo, Europe’s Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), and/or Copernicus, the European Earth Observation program]]> https://spacewatch.global/2021/05/iridium-invests-in-scottish-satellite-navigation-firm-ddk-positioning/ Tue, 25 May 2021 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=33003&preview=true&preview_id=33003 Iridium invests in the Scottish navigation service provider DDK Positioning, the Nasdaq-listed company said. Iridium has made a strategic investment in the Aberdeen, Scotland based provider of enhanced Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) accuracy solutions, the company said. DDK uses the Iridium network to provide global precision positioning services.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/ruag-space-offers-new-electronics-for-constellations/ Fri, 15 May 2020 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22539 RUAG Space, a leading supplier to the space industry, is offering new electronics suited to the needs of satellite constellations.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/05/pressure-grows-to-scrap-proposed-uk-global-navigation-satellite-system/ Thu, 14 May 2020 05:00:51 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=22493 Senior British civil servants are reportedly urging government ministers to abandon plans to build the UK’s own global navigation satellite system (GNSS), arguing that the proposed £5 billion project is “unaffordable” amid the economic devastation being wrought by the Coronavirus pandemic.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/cysec-sa-wins-esa-contract-to-protect-ship-tracking-communications-from-cyber-threats/ Mon, 27 Apr 2020 05:00:56 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21889 CYSEC SA, a cybersecurity company from Switzerland has been awarded a contract by the European Space Agency (ESA) to develop a solution mitigating the cyber risks related to ship tracking using satellite communications.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/04/lockheed-martin-finalises-ultra-secure-gps-iii-satellite-capability/ Thu, 02 Apr 2020 05:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=21140 The final steps to fully-enable the ultra-secure, jam-resistant Military Code (M-Code) signal on the Global Positioning System (GPS) are now underway, Lockheed Martin announced on 27 March 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/spacewatch-gl-op-ed-how-space-technologies-help-fight-the-coronavirus-in-china-2/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 09:00:03 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20353 This content is for members only. Visit the site and log in/register to read.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/saudi-space-commission-casts-wide-net-for-space-cooperation/ Tue, 10 Mar 2020 06:00:44 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20396 The Saudi Space Commission (SSC) is casting a wide net in its aim to create space cooperation arrangements with friendly countries around the world, with agreements or discussions underway with countries such as Greece, Kuwait, Brazil, Australia, and France.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/03/uks-proposed-sovereign-gnss-system-on-hold-due-to-debate-on-requirements/ Mon, 09 Mar 2020 06:00:45 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=20161 The proposed sovereign Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) announced by the British government after the decision to leave the European Union (EU), and the subsequent lockout of the British space industry from the EU's Galileo GNSS programme, is reportedly on hold due to intensive debates between British polticians and officials over the UK's GNSS requirements and what a sovereign system should look like.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/air-new-zealand-joins-nasa-climate-science-mission/ Fri, 28 Feb 2020 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19924 Air New Zealand is set to be the first passenger airline to join a NASA earth science mission, with one of its Q300 aircraft to be fitted with next-generation satellite receivers later this year.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/egnos-payload-enters-service-on-eutelsat-5-west-b/ Wed, 26 Feb 2020 06:00:19 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19790 Eutelsat Communications announced on 14 February 2020 that the GEO-3 payload of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay System (EGNOS), a hosted payload aboard its EUTELSAT 5 West B satellite, has successfully entered into service.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/four-new-chinese-beidou-gnss-satellites-declared-operational/ Fri, 21 Feb 2020 06:00:46 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=19634 Four new satellites for the Chinese BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) recently passed technical and system tests and checks in orbit, and have started operations within the BeiDou global navigation satellite servive (GNSS) network, according to China's Satellite Navigation System Management Office.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/02/spacewatch-column-uk-space-strategy-and-the-2020-sdsr-opportunity-costs-and-spending-priorities/ Sun, 02 Feb 2020 09:00:00 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18940&preview=true&preview_id=18940 https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/europes-galileo-gnss-now-replies-to-distress-messages-around-the-globe/ Tue, 28 Jan 2020 06:00:55 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18878 As well as providing global navigation services, Europe's Galileo satellite constellation is contributing to saving more than 2000 lives annually by relaying SOS messages to first responders. And from now on the satellites will reply to these messages, assuring people in danger that help is on the way.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2020/01/china-prepares-for-banner-year-in-space/ Wed, 22 Jan 2020 06:00:09 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=18740 China is looking forward to 2020 being a banner year for its ambitious space programme, according to a Chinese government report released on 17 January 2020.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/european-military-space-eu-pursuing-space-based-early-warning-pnt-and-ssa-projects-under-pesco-initiative/ Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:05 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=17028 The European Union's (EU) Permanent Structured Cooperation (PESCO) defence technology initiative announced on 12 November 2019 its decision to cooperatively develop several military space projects designed to enhance the defence and security of EU member states.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/11/china-promotes-greater-use-of-beidou-gnss-in-central-asia/ Thu, 07 Nov 2019 06:00:10 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16852 The Chinese government has started an initiative to promote greater use of its BeiDou global navigation satellite system (GNSS) in Central Asian countries for applications such as precision farming, transportation, and disaster relief and management.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/space-silk-road-china-proposes-space-cooperation-agreement-with-azerbaijan/ Thu, 24 Oct 2019 05:00:37 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16577 China and Azerbaijan have great prospects for cooperation in the space sector, Chinese Ambassador to Azerbaijan Guo Min told reporters in Baku, Azerbaijan, according to a report by the Trend News Agency on 18 October 2019.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/10/saudi-arabia-and-russia-look-to-expand-space-cooperation-including-use-of-ksa-as-possible-satellite-launch-location/ Thu, 17 Oct 2019 05:00:04 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=16444 Russian President Vladimir Putin's visit to Saudi Arabia on 13-15 October 2019 has put space cooperation between the two countries back in the spotlight following the landmark Saudi-Russian space cooperation agreement signed in October 2017.]]> https://spacewatch.global/2019/09/european-global-navigation-satellite-systems-agency-celebrates-15th-anniversary/ Fri, 13 Sep 2019 05:00:39 +0000 https://spacewatch.global/?p=15974 Jean-Yves Le Gall, President of the Centre national d'études spatiales (CNES) and Chair of the Administrative Board of the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (GSA), celebrated the agency’s 15th anniversary in Prague with Europe’s space leaders in attendance on 10 September 2019.]]>