A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or Japan’s QZSS?

Fastrax Ltd. said it has integrated GPS, Russian-based Glonass, Japanese QZSS and SBAS in a single receiver module. In addition to Global Navigation Satellite Systems, the IT600 will support other ...

Key point: American and NATO forces are very reliant on modern tech such as GPS to navigate. What would happen if Moscow knocked those capabilities out during a conflict? The North Atlantic Treaty ...

Roscosmos keeps concentrating on user needs as it did in previous years. Growing digitalization is driving a high demand for high-accuracy navigation services. Space information technologies support ...

Global navigation satellite system (GNSS) technology has become an integral part of our daily life. The range of applications spans consumer, industrial, automotive and military sectors. The ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: For Russia, proliferating a proprietary satellite navigation technology is yet another way to secure a competitive edge in the Arctic region. The North Atlantic Treaty ...

Last time GLONASS was mentioned here at Geeky Gadgets–a full ten months ago–it was fairly terrible news. Alas, since launching stuff into space is risky business. Almost a year hence, however, and the ...

Users of satellite navigation systems around the world were experiencing problems this week after Russia’s Glonass satellite positioning system was hit by a major disruption. So far, the cause of the ...