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Russia: Launch of four navigation satellites

Navigation satellites around Earth

Russia has plans to launch four more satellites for the Global Navigation Satellite System (Glonass) by this year-end, the Aerospace Defence Forces head said, as the website Zeenews reported.

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Mon, 17/06/2013 - 13:13

Galileo: All four satellite now working as clocks

Galileo signals

The European satellite navigation mission Galileo marked a new success: On 25 April 2013, all four Galileo satellites started working as clocks accurate to a few billionths of a second, disseminat

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Thu, 02/05/2013 - 12:26

ISGNSS 2013: International Symposium on Global Satellite Navigation Systems

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Venue City: 
Istanbul
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Date: 
22/10/2013 - 25/10/2013
Venue: 
Congress Center in Yildiz Technical University of Istanbul
Venue Country: 
Turkey
Event Organisers: 

Bulent Ecevit University of Zonguldak, Yildiz Technical University of Istanbul and Turkish Chamber of Survey and Cadastre Engineers

Language of event: 
English

The theme of ISGNSS 2013 is "Connecting Continents through GNSS where Europe and Asia Meet." It will be held from October 22 through 25 at the Congress Center in Yildiz Technical Universi

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ESA's atomic clocks assess Galileo satnav performance

Satellite navigation systems are based on the highly precise measurement of time.

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Fri, 22/02/2013 - 11:53
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GNSS: UK drops efforts to patent satellite signals

The United States and United Kingdom announced on January 17, 2013 that the British government would end efforts to obtain patent or intellectual property (IP) rights related to GPS,

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Fri, 18/01/2013 - 13:36
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51.5073
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Beidou: China opens Navigation System for Civilian Use

China recently opened Beidou (its version of GPS or “Global Positioning System”) to civilian use and expects to grab a major share of the satellite navigation market from the original U

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Thu, 17/01/2013 - 09:44
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39.904
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Galileo: First navigation signals transmitted by FM3

Europe’s third Galileo satellite has transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth.

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Fri, 07/12/2012 - 15:31

ESA launches Satellite Navigation Wiki "Navipedia"

ESA has introduced its own wiki-based information source, Navipedia, which is also the first ever ESA technical wiki opened to the public.

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Thu, 05/04/2012 - 17:12

Galileo Will Be Used for Emergency Management

With the first two Galileo In-Orbit Verification (IOV) satellites already in orbit, the European Space Agency (ESA) is currently pondering whether or not the spacecraft could also be used to manage

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Thu, 08/03/2012 - 11:56

Space solutions for the Arctic

Policy, solutions and funding for new initiatives: ESA is joining forces at two events with decision-makers, universities, industry and users to map how space services can contribute to emerging ch

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Thu, 23/02/2012 - 16:24
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