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How does cruise missiles work?
Perhaps many times you have heard about Tomahawk cruise missiles appearing on news and television sites. This is the strategic weapon of the United States and the first…
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The system helps pilots land when they don't see the runway
Without an automatic navigation system, no pilot can safely land in zero visibility.
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Big question about positioning technology after the AirAsia crash
Why in this age, we still have to find a way to recover the black box of the plane as the only way to know what happened to the missing planes?
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Why does GPS not find AirAsia aircraft missing?
Finding a missing plane is not as simple as looking for a phone. Furthermore, GPS on the plane as well as on the phone becomes useless when the plane crashes to the grou…
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How do passenger planes fly?
Unlike motorbikes or cars, many times the navigation of commercial passenger aircraft has been predetermined.
Oceanography
Whales drift ashore due to exercises
The US Navy plans to strengthen trials of underwater navigation systems with sound waves in the next five years, despite negative warning for whales and dolphins.
Archeology
The predatory dinosaur has four wings
US scientists have announced the discovery of a four-winged small feathered dinosaur that helps it to optimize aerial navigation, UPI said on November 6.
Space science
The EU Galileo navigation system receives more new satellites
The new 715kg satellites, which were launched into orbit by Ariane 5 boosters at 1836 (GMT) from the Kourou Space Center in French Guiana.
Space science
China takes two satellites to lead North Road 3 into space
On the night of November 5, China launched Truong Chinh-3B missile carrying two satellites that led the North Dau 3 road into the universe.
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China is about to launch a positioning satellite
According to the South China Morning Post, a Chinese aerospace website, the country has a plan to launch North Dau-3, its most advanced satellite at the end of this mont…
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Falcon 9 missiles bring satellites into orbit, safely back to Earth
This year, California-based SpaceX has conducted a total of six missile recall tests, including one grounding and five unmanned navigators on the sea and only one recove…
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Europe successfully launched the satellite under Galileo navigation system
Arianespace Group on May 24 announced that the Russian Soyuz-ST rocket has been successfully launched into orbit carrying two new satellites for Europe's Galileo global…
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India successfully launched homemade satellites
On the morning of October 16, India successfully launched a homemade satellite navigation device.
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Galileo satellites went in the wrong direction because of freezing fuel
Freezing fuel on Russia's Soyuz missile caused two satellites of Europe's Galileo global positioning system to fly wrongly in August.
Space science
Galileo satellite of Europe goes wrong
The European Space Agency (ESA) said it is still investigating the cause of the two satellites of the Galileo navigation system to go wrong after its launch.