A SpaceX Falcon 9 launched the Air Force's first GPS 3 satellite Dec. 23. Credit: SpaceX webcast. MT LAUREL, New Jersey — SpaceX launched the U.S. Air Force’s newest GPS satellite Dec. 23 on a Falcon ...

GPS III SV05 (nicknamed Armstrong) was launched on June 17. (Photo: U.S. Space Force) SpaceX launched into orbit for the U.S. Space Force the fifth GPS III satellite (SV05) on June 17. GPS III SV05 ...

This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. Samuel Lellouch is an Assistant Professor in Digital ...

September marks the 50th anniversary of the Global Positioning System, a U.S.-owned free utility that offers positioning, navigation, and timing services to users all over the world. It changed not ...

A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Jan. 18, 2023, lifted off at 7:24 a.m. Eastern from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Florida, carrying a U.S. Space Force GPS satellite.

The Global Positioning System runs the modern world. But it is under daily attack. This year alone, researchers say, more than 60,000 commercial flights have been hit by bogus GPS signals, which can ...

GPS is the best technology for tracking the location and movement of any object anywhere in the world. GPS stands for “Global Positioning System,” and refers to a worldwide network of satellites, ...

You might think you’re an expert at navigating through city traffic, smartphone at your side. You might even hike with a GPS device to find your way through the backcountry. But you’d probably still ...

The Vantage V2 is Polar’s new flagship multisports GPS watch. It’s the successor to the original Vantage V and follows hot on the heels of the more outdoorsy Grit X. As the most fully-featured watch ...

Elon Musk tweeted this week that a new SpaceX-launched satellite in orbit has already improved your GPS. Is that true? GPS is a decades-old technology by now, beginning with the first Navigation ...