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?

China launched the last satellite in its Beidou navigation network on Tuesday, completing a new rival to GPS and cementing its place in an elite group of countries with their own global navigation ...

No audio available for this content. China’s National Reference Station Network. (Image: BeiDou) A Russian law was approved July 26 that sets forth cooperation between Russia and China on using ...

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 ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - The Chinese Beidou navigation network will be complete this month when its final satellite goes into orbit, giving China greater independence from U.S.-owned GPS and heating up ...

No audio available for this content. The Piksi Multi GNSS receiver. (Photo: Swift Navigation) Swift Navigation has upgraded the firmware to its flagship product — the Piksi Multi GNSS receiver. This ...

SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Pulse Electronics Corporation’s new Monarch Series multi-mode global navigation satellite system ceramic antennas provide wireless signal reception for the four major ...

June 10, 2024: Once more, the Russian GLONASS is in trouble. The problem is a familiar one, too many GLONASS satellites are ending their service lives, usually seven years, and Roscosmos, the Russian ...

GLONASS, or the “Global Navigation Satellite System,” was born as a 1970’s Soviet project to compete with America’s GPS system in the Cold War space race. It fell far behind its U.S. counterpart due ...