SpaceX launches next-generation Italian COSMO-SkyMed satellite
The third satellite part of the COSMOSkyMed Second Generation (CSG) constellation, owned by the Italian Space Agency and the Italian Ministry of Defense, built by Thales Alenia Space, a joint venture between Thales (67%) and Leonardo (33%) and operated in orbit by Telespazio, a joint venture between Leonardo (67%) …

GNSS and PNT security deployed at World Economic Forum
Dimetor is providing its NAVSentry airspace situational awareness system to the World Economic Forum annual meeting, in support of the Austrian Armed Forces. The meeting is taking place this week in Davos, Switzerland, close to the Austrian border. NAVSentry is an AI-powered platform for detecting GNSS disruptions …

Vexcel UltraCam Osprey powers Espoo’s 3D city model
Vexcel Imaging highlights the City of Espoo, Finland, and its continued success in building one of Europe’s most advanced open 3D city models, powered by high-resolution nadir and oblique imagery captured with Vexcel’s UltraCam Osprey systems.
Espoo needed a highly accurate, photorealistic 3D model that would integrate …

A case study on a beach and rocky cliff

Álvaro Gómez‑Gutiérrez

Instituto Universitario de Investigación Para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain

Manuel Sánchez‑Fernández

Instituto Universitario de Investigación Para el Desarrollo Territorial Sostenible, Universidad de Extremadura, Avda. de la Universidad S/N, 10003 Cáceres, Spain

José Juan de Sanjosé‑Blasco

Instituto Universitario de Investigación …

The analysis performed in this report is solely his work and own opinion. State Program: U.S.A (G); EU (E); China (C) “Only MEO- SECM satellites”; Russia (R); Japan (J); India (I)

Narayan Dhital

Actively involved to support international collaboration in GNSS related activities. He has regularly supported and contributed to different workshops of the International Committee on …

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Volume 21, Issue 12, December 2025

GNSS Constellation Specific Monthly Analysis Summary: November 2025

Narayan Dhital

Pushing the planning boundaries: A Case of forensic surveying

Mike Stapleton

Exploring UAS-lidar as a sampling tool for satellite-based AGB estimations in the Miombo woodland of Zambia

Hastings Shamaoma, Paxie W. Chirwa, Jules C. Zekeng, Able Ramoelo, Andrew T. Hudak, Ferdinand Handavu and …

IATA warns that GPS spoofing and jamming are rising sharply worldwide,
With navigation losses per 1,000 flights nearly doubling in three years,
And India now firmly affected.
What began near conflict zones has spilled into civilian airspace.
Pilots are urged to stay vigilant, aircraft to adapt,
But vigilance cannot replace assured navigation.
Civil aviation …

February 2025

Geo Week

16 – 18, February 2026
Denver, CO, USA

www.geo-week.com

DGI 2026

23 -25 February

The Queen Elizabeth II Centre, London

https://dgi.wbresearch.com

March 2025

Munich Navigation Satellite Summit

25 – 27 March 2026
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Deep learning warm starts for trajectory optimization on the ISS
New research, published in and presented at the 2025 International Conference on Space Robotics (iSpaRo), introduces a system designed to help Astrobee, a cubeshaped, fan-powered robot, autonomously navigate the International Space Station. The ISS is a complex environment made up of interconnected modules filled with …