Image: metamorworks/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images NVS-01 is the first second-generation satellite of the Indian Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS), also known as Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC). It was launched into geostationary orbit on May 20. The satellite is placed at…
Sea level changes are monitored using a VeraChoke antenna at a GNSS observing station in Canada. (Image: Natural Resources Canada) All antennas for global navigation satellite systems (GNSS) receivers serve the same fundamental function: to capture, filter, amplify the observed…
What better way to beat the hot summer heat than with ice cream? We’re not the only ones who crave this sweet treat. In fact, of all the dishes searched on Google Maps in the U.S., ice cream is the…
Russian fighter jets in better times. (Photo: Aterrassi/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Russian jets using GPS receivers, while ground vehicles use paper maps GPS receivers have been found taped to the dashboards of Russian jets downed in Ukraine, according to a…
Screenshot: CBS News On CBS’ Sunday Morning show Dec. 1, correspondent David Pogue was invited into the Air Force’s GPS Master Control Station at Schriever Air Force Base in Colorado Springs, Colorado, to show viewers what GPS is all about.…
