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Rocket Lab to launch European navigation tech demo satellites

by Jeff Foust June 25, 2025June 25, 2025

Rocket Lab will launch a pair of European navigation technology demonstration satellites, as Europe again is forced to look outside the continent for launch services.

A Long March 3B lifts off from Xichang with a Beidou satellite March 9, 2020.

Is China’s BeiDou a weapon of war?

by Sean Gorman June 9, 2025June 5, 2025

Securing the skies: tackling the growing threat of GPS interference

by Tim Solms May 5, 2025April 28, 2025

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True commercial alternatives for strategic communications and PNT don’t exist — yet

by Debra Werner April 10, 2025April 10, 2025

U.S. Air Force to explore Xona Space’s commercial alternative to GPS

by Sandra Erwin February 25, 2025February 25, 2025

A yet-to-be-launched GPS 3 Space Vehicle 05 satellite manufactured by Lockheed Martin. Credit: Lockheed Martin

“…Light this candle!”

by Lisa Dyer February 18, 2025February 11, 2025

A 1983 illustration of a GPS satellite.

GPS civil signals are vital for America’s national security

by Lisa Dyer February 12, 2025February 5, 2025

Japan launches Michibiki 6 navigation satellite with fifth H3 rocket

by Andrew Jones February 2, 2025February 2, 2025

An Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) Geosynchronous Satellite Launch Vehicle (GSLV) lifts off from the Satish Dhawan Space Centre at night, carrying the NVS-02 navigation satellite. Bright flames and thick plumes of smoke erupt from the rocket’s engines, illuminating the launch pad against the dark sky. The towering metal launch infrastructure and support structures are visible, framing the ascending vehicle.

India’s first launch of 2025 sends NVS-02 navigation satellite into orbit

by Andrew Jones January 29, 2025January 29, 2025

Quantum tech firm wins Pentagon contract for GPS alternative

by Sandra Erwin December 2, 2024December 2, 2024

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