News tagged with gps satellites

EU physicists use 20 new satellites to forecast space weather

The northern lights interfere with radio communications, GPS navigation and satellite communications. Researchers are now going to launch 20 satellites containing world class instruments from the University ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Wireless startup LightSquared files for bankruptcy

LightSquared Inc., which hoped to create an independent wireless broadband network in the U.S., filed for bankruptcy protection on Monday.

Technology / Telecom

created May 14, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 6

Mapping out the future of GPS technology

Ditching satellites and complex, powerful computers and opting for camera technology inspired by small mammals may be the future of navigation systems.

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 16, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Scientists deploy lasers, GPS technology to improve snow measurements

- Equipped with specialized lasers and GPS technology, scientists at the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) are working with colleagues to solve a critical wintertime weather mystery: how to accurately ...

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Feb 13, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

New generation GPS satellite starts tests in Colo.

A $5.5 billion upgrade to the Global Positioning System moved a step closer to launch this week when a prototype arrived at a Lockheed Martin complex in Colorado to begin months of tests.

Technology / Telecom

created Dec 13, 2011 | popularity 3 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Russia launches navigation satellites

Russia on Friday successfully launched three satellites for its global navigation system Glonass on a Proton-M rocket from its Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, the Russian space agency said.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Nov 04, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 1

Review: Nike device improves, but oversimplified

(AP) -- Since 2003, I've tried several fitness accessories that use the GPS system to tell you how far and how fast you're running. I've generally liked them, except for the fact that they don't work well ...

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

EU launches its first satellite navigation system

A Russian rocket launched the first two satellites of the European Union's Galileo navigation system Friday after years of waiting for the start of the program billed as the main rival to the ubiquitous American ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 21, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 1

Launch of EU's Galileo system set for Friday

The launch of the first two satellites for the European Union's Galileo navigation system was postponed until Friday - adding at least one more day to years of waiting for a program promoted as the main rival ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

Russia surprised as Apple uses Glonass in new iPhone

The secret is out and making Russia proud: pop culture and geek tech icon Apple has picked Russia's Glonass navigation system to run alongside GPS in its iPhone 4S models that hit stores this month.

Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets

created Oct 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

NASA to test new atomic clock

When people think of space technologies, many think of solar panels, propulsion systems and guidance systems. One important piece of technology in spaceflight is an accurate timing device.

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Oct 17, 2011 | popularity 4 / 5 (5) | comments 0

New method detects emerging sunspots deep inside the sun, provides warning of dangerous solar flares

Viewed from the technological perspective of modern humans, the sun is a seething cauldron of disruptive influences that can wreak havoc on communication systems, air travel, power grids and satellites – ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (4) | comments 3 | with audio podcast

GPS monitoring of Arizona sex offenders

The use of GPS technology to monitor sex offenders should be viewed as a tool rather than a control mechanism, a team of researchers at Sam Houston State University found in a recent study.

Technology / Telecom

created Aug 08, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 2

Nepal will measure exact height of Mount Everest

Nepal has ordered a new measurement of Mount Everest to determine exactly how high the world's highest mountain is.

Space & Earth / Earth Sciences

created Jul 20, 2011 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Getting ready for the next big solar storm

(PhysOrg.com) -- In Sept. 1859, on the eve of a below-average1 solar cycle, the sun unleashed one of the most powerful storms in centuries. The underlying flare was so unusual, researchers still aren't sure ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

created Jun 22, 2011 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (8) | comments 14 | with audio podcast