USAF Announces selection of GPS III follow-on contract
The U.S. Air Force announced selection of Lockheed Martin for a fixed-price-type production contract for 22 GPS III Follow- On satellites with a total estimated contract value up to $7.2 billion.
The Air Force operates a total of 77 satellites vital to US national security that provide …
BSNL launches satellite phone services
Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited, India’s only authorised service provider for satellite phone services, launched the Global Satellite Phone Service (GSPS).
For fishermen, it is a revolutionary communication gadget that would come in handy as they practice multiday deep-sea stay fishing. Satellite-based mobile phone service provides voice call and SMS facility …
UK radar satellite NovaSAR-1 successfully launched
The radar imaging satellite NovaSAR-1, carrying an Airbus S-band synthetic aperture radar (SAR) built in Portsmouth, has been launched successfully on a PSLV launcher from India. The spacecraft was built under the leadership of Surrey Satellite Technology Limited, an Airbus subsidiary.
The innovative small satellite will be used to …
Civil RPA is categorized in accordance with Maximum All-Up-Weight (including payload) as indicated below.
The UN estimates that more than 55% of the world’s population – that is, over 4.07 billion people – currently lives in urban areas…
Urban forests refer to the sum of all urban trees, shrubs and lawns and pervious soils in urban areas (Escobedo et al., 2011). Unlike trees growing in natural forests…
The world is going digital. Advancements in technology and an evolving society are coupling to mean it is fast becoming the norm to provide and consume information digitally. Local and central governments are reacting…
For the benefit of our readers please take us briefly through the journey of Hemisphere GNSS and role of its principal owner Unistrong.
In the last few months we have been witnessing a remarkable (and, to some extent, surprising) increase of interest for GNSS high accuracy positioning, involving both systems and receivers.
Volume XIV, Issue 9, September 2018
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Leveraging national land and geospatial systems for improved disaster resilience
Abbas Rajabifard, Mika-Petteri Törhönen, Katie Potts, Alvaro Federico Barra, Ivelisse Justiniano
GNSS disruption – What’s the risk?
Dana A. Goward
Reducing GNSS Receiver Vulnerabilities
John W. Betz
Self driving and flying robots
Akshay Bandiwdekar
A Geo-Spatial Information Approach to Planning for Rurban Clusters
Arpita Banerjee, Dr Mahavir
My Coordinates
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His Coordinates
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