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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.
Positioning Satellites
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Learn more about space satellite systems
There are more than 1,100 satellites operating outside the universe, including some as big as buses. These are two of a series of interesting features about space soldie…
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India successfully launched the second IRNSS positioning satellite
THX reported on April 4 that India launched the IRNSS-1B satellite, the second of its seven satellites, from the cosmopolitan airport in Sriharikota, in the state of And…
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India implements its own positioning satellite system
According to AFP, the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) said the first of the seven satellites of the Indian Regional Satellite System (IRNSS) will be put into o…
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America will upgrade the global positioning system
New generation positioning satellites will be launched from next year to upgrade the US global positioning system (GPS).
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China launched the 10th positioning satellite
China on this morning (December 2) successfully launched the 10th positioning satellite into space, completing one third of the way to build its own global positioning s…
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Russia's Glonass system has global coverage
According to THX, on October 7, the head of the Russian Space Agency (Roscosmos), Mr. Vladimir Popovkin said that Russia has completed the deployment of Global Positioni…
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Russian satellites disappear after launch
The Russian Federal Space Agency lost contact with a telecommunications satellite as soon as it was launched yesterday.