by Editor | Aug 23, 2019 | Blog
Beidou satellite inside the payload fairing and ready for stacking at Xichang in 2016. Photo: China Aerospace Science and Technology Corp. Blog Editor Notes: The below was drafted and submitted before we saw the item we posted yesterday about China’s efforts to...
by Editor | Apr 9, 2019 | Blog
Image: Wikimedia Commons Blog Editor’s Note: We were wondering if we would hear any reports of problems accommodating GPS week rollover. Thanks to alert member Mitch Narins at Strategic Synergies LLC for finding this and posting it on his Linkedin feed! ...
by Editor | Feb 14, 2019 | Blog
Blog Editor’s Note: We wonder if the Defense Intelligence Agency might go one step further and say that, of all our satellites, GPS satellites and signals are the most vulnerable. OPINION China, Russia see our satellites as a vulnerability...
by Editor | Nov 1, 2018 | Blog
Photo Peter Wong Blog Editor’s Note: In May a drone show in Xi’an, China was disrupted by GPS jamming. About one third of the 1,300+ drones were affected and unable to keep their positions in the display formation. In the Hong Kong show reported on below,...
by Editor | Jun 6, 2018 | Blog
Western governments have generally shown little concern about GNSS vulnerabilities and their countries’ critical dependence upon them. Not so for some others. Iran has announced that it has a Loran system to prevent its dependence on space. Saudi Arabia has had...
