ESA plans to use its upcoming Lunar Pathfinder mission to experiment with expanding sat-nav coverage to the Moon. By tuning in to the radio signals leaking from the Galileo and GPS satellite ...

ESA is requesting funding for several navigation programs that could augment the existing Galileo system, including a demonstration of a low Earth orbit satellite navigation constellation. Credit: ESA ...

The skyrocketing adoption of mobile navigation solutions, including Google Maps and Waze, is forcing Navman to rethink the company’s long-term focus. As such, Navman is leaving the sat-nav market in ...

Scientists have figured out how to plot the most fuel-efficient routes through space, just like a cosmic sat-nav, or satellite-navigation. Using something called "knot theory," astrophysicists have ...

The European Space Agency said Thursday that it is using artificial intelligence for satellite navigation. The engineering teams of the agency's NAVISP program are working with European industry and ...

A new study reveals advanced methods for improving orbit determination (OD) of large constellations of Low Earth Orbit (LEO) satellites, utilizing Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) ...

THE PHRASE “critical infrastructure” conjures up solidly earthbound images: road and rail networks, water and sewage pipes, electricity grids, the internet, and so on. Such stuff is so wound into the ...

Increasing dependency on the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) constellations is raising concerns about what happens when signals are unavailable, even for short periods of time. GNSS systems ...

With satellite signals unavailable, navigation apps stopped functioning properly, ride-hailing services struggled, food deliveries slowed, and drones were forced to stay grounded.