Chinese rocket launches with Beidou navigation satellite

A Chinese Long March rocket hauled a new navigation satellite to a high-altitude perch over Earth on Saturday, marking the first space launch of the year for the world's space programs.

2010-01-22 Spaceflight Now...

Helsinki 14-15 Oct 2010

Ubiquitous Postitioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Service

The Nordic Institute of Navigation will arrange a conference with the theme "Ubiquitous Postitioning, Indoor Navigation and Location-Based Service" at the Finnish Geodetic Institute in Helsinki 14-15 Oct 2010.

2010-01-19 More...

Proton launches three Russian navigation satellites

Flying for the 350th time, a Proton rocket launched three new satellites for Russia's space navigation network Monday December 14th to ensure the system continues providing coverage of its home territory.

2009-12-14 More...

13th IAIN World Congress and Exhibition, Stockholm, October 27th - 30th 2009

The Nordic Institute of Navigation (NNF) announces the conclusion of the tri-annual Congress of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation – IAIN in Stockholm, October 27th - 30th 2009.

2009-11-25 Proceedings here...

GPS satellite beset by permanent signal problem

A Global Positioning System satellite launched in March is suffering from permanent signal distortions and will miss its target to enter operational service this year, Air Force officials said november 2nd.

2009-11-02 More...

GPS launch August 17th, 2009

The GPS 2R-21 spacecraft will replace a long-lived satellite in the navigation constellation, taking over Plane E, Slot 3 occupied by the GPS 2A-26 craft launched in July 1996 that's lasted nearly twice its design life.

2009-10-16 More...

Galileo Services and OREGIN join their forces

Galileo Services Association with 28 members among the major actors of the GNSS downstream industry is the leading international association of GNSS equipment manufacturers and service providers. OREGIN, the ORganisation of European GNSS equipment and service INdustry, is the European biggest network of GNSS industries.

2009-04-30 More...

GPS IIR-20 Successfully Launched from Cape Canaveral

The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the seventh modernized Global Positioning System IIR-M satellite carried aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta II Rocket at 4:34 a.m. EDT March 24 from Space Launch Complex 17A at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.

2009-03-24 More...

E - Navigation, March 5th - 6h 2009, Bergen

The e-Nav confeence has concluded, and follow-up issues will be found in the proceedings page on this site.

2009-03-07 More...

Three Glonass satellites into orbit December 25

Russia put three Glonass navigation satellites into orbit on December 25 from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan and are now up to 20 satellites, lacking 4 to become fully operational.

2008-12-29 More...

Latest GLONASS Birds Fly into Orbit

A Russian Proton rocket carrying three GLONASS satellites successfully lifted off Sep 25th from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, and all three satellites are operating nominally under ground control.

2008-09-26 More...

EU opens bidding on Galileo system.

The European Commission invited bids on Tuesday July 1st for contractors to participate in the construction of the European Union's much delayed Galileo satellite navigation network.

2008-07-02 More...

June 10th 2008 (INS Tutorial on June 9th)

High Precision Navigation and Positioning Conference and INS Tutorial

2008-06-10 Presentations

GIOVE-B successfully launched.

Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system took another step toward fruition with the launch of a second prototype satellite Saturday night, less than a week after the European Parliament approved plans to finance the network with public funds.

2008-04-28 More...

Satellite launched to forecast communication and navigation outages

An experimental Air Force satellite designed to monitor the Earth's ionosphere and foresee impending communication and navigation disruptions was successfully deployed into space Wednesday April 16th by an Orbital Sciences air-launched Pegasus rocket

2008-04-17 More...