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Air Force Space Command's Space Development and Test Wing has successfully concluded the launch and early orbit portion of operations for the Communication Navigation Outage Forecasting System satellite and accepted the spacecraft from the contractor, General Dynamics.
Read MoreOfficials from the Air Force Space Command's Space and Missile Systems Center's Global Positioning Systems Wing have just announced the award of the nexgen GPS Space System (GPS IIIA) prime contract—it's Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company of Newton, Pennsylvania, with a period of performance of FY 08-17 and valued at $1,463,969,301
Read MoreSensor Systems</a> has become the first manufacturer of antennas to receive Federal Aviation Administration TSO C190 approval for their GPS WAAS antennas for the Beta 3 apps.
Read MoreSpirent Federal Systems provides navigation and positioning test solutions and the company has announced the Spirent GSS8000 simulation system, designed for use in the most demanding applications.
Read MoreAstrium has started operations in orbit of the GIOVE-B navsat, exactly on schedule.
Read MoreThe European Space Agency (ESA) has reported the GIOVE-B is well underway with the completion of its Launch and Early Operations Phase (LEOP).
Read MoreThe count and the amount are in, and by 2013, Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) end-user devices and systems will generate yearly revenues of $240 billion.
Read MoreThe successful launch of the European Space Agency's second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE-B) occurred on April 27th from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan aboard a Soyuz/Fregat rocket at 04:16 local time.
Read MoreThe second experimental satellite that's part of the Galileo constellation, GIOVE-B, is set to starts its journey into space from the Baikonur spaceport.
Read MoreBAE Systems has developed a satellite navigation receiver system that provides uninterrupted operation of the Global Positioning System for air, land, and sea platforms and applications.
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