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GPS devices have permeated society to the point where millions of us rely on them daily for directions, locations and traffic avoidance. But have you ever thought what tells the GPS satellites ...
The US Space Force operates and maintains the GPS constellation. Each satellite -- picture a PODS storage container, metallic rather than white, with solar arrays sticking out like a pair of wings ...
GPS jamming and spoofing attacks are on the rise. If the global navigation system the US relies on were to go down entirely, it would send the world into unprecedented chaos.
In a significant advancement for autonomous spacecraft operations, AVS US, in collaboration with Cornell University and the ...
A deep-tech firm near Cornell has launched two small spacecraft that aim to dock autonomously using only GPS signals, ...
When you use Google Maps to drive to the nearest 7-Eleven, it’s powered by the Global Positioning System (GPS), a constellation of 31 satellites flown by the US Space Force at an altitude of ...
L3Harris Technologies has received a contract from the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command to develop design concepts for Phase 0 of the Resilient Global Positioning System (R-GPS) program.. This ...
The first of 32 planned GPS III satellites launches Tuesday, to replace older ones now in orbit. The satellites will have a stronger military signal that's harder to jam.
Today the US Space Force launched its newest satellite, one of only a handful of the new GPS III design, which is more accurate and more resistant to interference—like signal-jamming—than its ...
The US Space Force says the fourth GPS III satellite is now in business in the constellation that helps you get where you're going. Jon Skillings is an editorial director at CNET, where he's ...
The US military relies heavily on GPS. Last year, the US Army Futures Command, a new unit dedicated to modernizing its forces, visited Humphreys’s lab to talk about a startup called Coherent ...