The European Space Agency said Thursday that it is using artificial intelligence for satellite navigation. The engineering teams of the agency's NAVISP program are working with European industry and ...

BANGALORE, India — The Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) successfully launched July 1 the first of seven satellites that will constitute an independent, regional satellite navigation system.

WASHINGTON — A recently launched Indian navigation satellite is stranded in a transfer orbit after the failure of its onboard propulsion system and could soon renter. The Indian Space Research ...

Building a fullfledged satellite navigation system, on the same scale as Galileo or its American, Russian or Chinese counterparts, would cost billions of dollars and take years. Credit: ...

While Google Maps has evolved to become a stand-alone platform that offers super-advanced capabilities, many people out there still use it solely for the navigation component. In other words, they ...

THE PHRASE “critical infrastructure” conjures up solidly earthbound images: road and rail networks, water and sewage pipes, electricity grids, the internet, and so on. Such stuff is so wound into the ...

ESA plans to use its upcoming Lunar Pathfinder mission to experiment with expanding sat-nav coverage to the Moon. By tuning in to the radio signals leaking from the Galileo and GPS satellite ...

Accurate estimation of the ionosphere is essential for reliable Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) positioning, timing, and space weather applications. A key challenge lies in converting slant ...

A recently launched satellite is stuck in space after failing to fire its thrusters, preventing it from reaching its operational orbit. The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) shared an update ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. In the late 1950s the U.S. Navy had a terrifying and complex problem ...

In 1984, I was part of a team that was developing a receiver for a satellite-navigation system. After weeks of debugging, the blur of random digits settled on a location. We grabbed a map and plotted ...