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Satnav from Earth to the Moon

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The first satnav receiver designed to operate in lunar orbit has been delivered to satellite maker Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in the UK for integration aboard the Lunar Pathfinder spacecraft.The complete Navigation payload…
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Sharpening satnav for smartphones

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Applications 19/07/2022 117 views 5 likes Satellite navigation has transformed the way people live and work, but because the majority of us access it via our smartphones, the actual precision…
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Roof of the satnav world

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A small forest of antennas sprouts from the roof of ESA’s Navigation Laboratory, based at the ESTEC technical centre in the Netherlands, which is among the most frequently satnav-fixed locations on Earth. This is also the site of…