Delta 4 Launches GPS Satellite
A United Launch Alliance Delta 4 rocket lifts off from Cape Canaveral carrying a new generation GPS navigation satellite.
Mission Highlights: Delta 4 rocket launches the GPS IIF-2 satellite (Credit: ULA)
Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., (July 16, 2011) – A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-2 payload lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 2:41 am EDT today. This is the seventh ULA launch this year. “Congratulations to the entire team on the successful launch of [...]
In-Flight: HTC Thunderbolt GPS Tracking at 500 mph and 45000 ft – Android Powered
Here’s an area Apple iPhones have nothing on the Thunderbolt: REAL GPS Not only was the HTC able to get a weak cell signal from 45000 ft in the air, its real GPS chip was able to get enough of a satellite location fix that it could match where we were flying!
Delta 4 rocket launches the GPS IIF-2 satellite from Cape Canaveral (ULA Webcast)
Cape Canaveral AFS, Fla., (July 16, 2011) – A United Launch Alliance Delta IV rocket carrying the Air Force’s Global Positioning System (GPS) IIF-2 payload lifted off from Space Launch Complex-37 here at 2:41 am EDT today. This is the seventh ULA launch this year. “Congratulations to the entire team on the successful launch of [...]
China’s Beidou Project global satellite navigation system to cover Asia-Pacific in 2012
China is developing an independent satellie navigation system called Beidou. It’s the third country after the US and Russia to have such a system developed on its own….. Jan. 17 (China Military News cited from Xinhua) — China took one step forward in its ambition to build an independent global navigation network capable of rivaling [...]