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...

Delta 2 rocket carrying a GPS satellite was launched Saturday March 15th, 2008.

The third-generation GPS satellite is about 6 feet by 34 feet and weighs roughly 4,500 pounds. The AP noted, The GPS satellite has a life expectancy of about 8 1/2 years, though the equipment it is replacing is more than 15 years old.

2008-03-17 More...

June 10th – 11th 2008 (INS Tutorial on June 9th)

High Precision Navigation and Positioning Conference and INS Tutorial

Registration

2008-02-26 Call for Abstracts and First Invitation

Russians launch three more navigation satellites

A Proton rocket packed with three new satellites to restore Russia's space-based navigation system to full domestic service bolted into the night sky and flew into orbit Tuesday December 25.

2008-01-02 More...

Final Delta launch of 2007 lofts new GPS satellite

A productive year for the Delta rocket program that launched spacecraft to observe Earth, dig up frozen water on Mars and explore uncharted worlds in the asteroid belt was capped with a successful ascent of a modernized GPS navigation satellite on Thursday afternoon from Cape Canaveral.

2007-12-24 More...

GLONASS A, B and C satellites launched!

Liftoff of the Proton rocket was at 0735 GMT (3:35 a.m. EDT) Oct 26th from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan. A Block DM upper stage fired twice to place the trio of Glonass satellites into the planned orbit.

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Upgraded satellite launched for the GPS constellation

A GPS 2R-17 satellite with enhanced qualities is flying high after successfully soaring into space Wednesday Oct 17th to reinvigorate a corner of the precision navigation network

2007-10-20 Read more

E - Navigation, October 16th - 17th 2007, Oslo

The Nordic Institute of Navigation (NNF) arranged the E-Navigation Conference and Exhibition at the Norwegian Space Centre, Drammensveien 165, NO-0277 Oslo October 16th – 17th 2007.

2007-08-16 Proceedings

GNSS SOLUTIONS - INFO ON NDGPS

The Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA) published on August 1, 2007 a notice in the Federal Register a request for public comment on the Nationwide Differential GPS (NDGPS) system. A summary from this notice is shown below:

2007-08-14 More...

Non-GPS Surface Navigation Effort Under Way

Teams led by Boeing and Argon ST are embarking on an effort sponsored by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to develop technology capable of determining one's position on the Earth based on available terrestrial signals when the Global Positioning System (GPS) is being jammed or blocked. Robust Surface Navigation

2007-04-23

NavConf April 24th – 25th 2007

The Nordic Institute of Navigation (NNF) arranged the NavConf (Navigation Conference) and Exhibition at the Danish Design Center, H C Andersens Boulevard 27, DK – 1553 Copenhagen W (central Copenhagen) April 24th – 25th 2007.

2007-02-08 Proceedings

China puts new navigation satellite into orbit

China successfully put a navigation satellite into orbit early Saturday February 3rd 2007 from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

2007-02-05 Read more...

New Glonass Launch: 2006 December 26 2018 UTC

A Proton-K rocket carrying three modernized Glonass-M satellites lifted off at 23:18 Moscow time (8:18 p.m. GMT) Monday from the Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan. The satellites were put into orbit early Tuesday.

2007-01-03 Read more...

Nov. 17th 2007 at 2020 GMT (3:20 p.m. EST)

Delta 2 Rocket Launches New GPS Satellite

The U.S. Air Force's Global Positioning System Block 2R-16 spacecraft has been released from the Boeing Delta 2 rocket's third stage to complete this afternoon's launch at 1912 GMT from Cape Canaveral.

2006-11-17

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