A self-described "little farm girl" in the Jim Crow Era, Gladys West's complex and pioneering work for the U.S. Navy helped ...

The effort, known as Resilient GPS, or R-GPS, began in 2024 and funded three industry teams to develop designs and early prototypes for alternative navigation satellites. The Space Force confirmed it ...

TrustPoint, a Virginia-based startup developing a network of navigation satellites in low Earth orbit, said it has successfully transmitted time and tracking signals from a ground station to a ...

She made key contributions to US cold-war science despite facing huge barriers as a Black woman.

Learn more about the number of satellites circling Earth and the multiple ways they are changing the sky.

For decades, the United States treated satellite navigation as a quiet monopoly, with GPS embedded […] ...

Through a process of agile development and rapid iteration, Galaxy-Space has established a manufacturing chain for satellites ...

A powerful flare unleashed a severe solar storm that caused auroras and GPS disruptions on Earth.

Earth’s orbit is getting overcrowded, increasing the risk of satellite collisions that could disrupt vital services, create dangerous debris clouds, and—in some cases—send chunks of wreckage careening ...

Dr Gladys West, the mathematician whose work laid the foundations for modern GPS and GNSS technology, has died at the age of ...

Rocket Lab just launched its first mission of 2026. An Electron rocket carrying two satellites for the European company Open ...

TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Russia on Sunday sent three Iranian communications satellites into orbit, the second such launch since July, Iranian state television reported. The report said that a Russian ...