Ever wondered how maps work on your phone? That’s courtesy of GNSS. Here, we break down the orbiting satellites behind the Global Navigation Satellite System.
The Sun recently emitted two major solar flares, but officials at NOAA said the flares do not seem to have caused Thursday's nationwide outage of cellular service.
Russia is likely responsible for the increase in jamming of GPS signals used by airlines, smartphones and weapons systems in Eastern Europe, Bloomberg reported on Jan. 31, referring to Estonian Army Commander-in-Chief Martin Herem.
Global regulators, aviation security specialists and manufacturers failed to reach an agreement on a quick technical fix to the problem of GPS spoofing near war zones at meeting on Thursday, instead calling for better training of pilots to deal with the issue, according to two sources briefed on the talks. Airlines have been urging quick action after a series of incidents where navigation systems were disrupted to show a false location or wrong time, though aircraft flight controls remained intact. Spoofing might involve one country's military sending false Global Positioning System (GPS) signals to an enemy plane or drone to hinder its ability to function, which has a collateral effect on nearby airliners.
The plea seeks a direction for a decision on his September 29 representation and to grant the petitioner the permission to carry the GPS device while travelling by air. The plea is listed on April 2, 2024.