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Global Positioning System
The Global Positioning System (GPS) is a satellite-based navigation system that was developed by the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) in the early 1970s. Initially, GPS was developed as a military system to fulfill U.S. military needs. However, it was later made available to civilians. Today GPS is under dual-use system that can be accessed ..
China celebrates the completion of its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System
China has finally completed its BeiDou Navigation Satellite System that is slated to act as a rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) and will also boost the security and geopolitical clout of China. The satellite system has been commissioned by the President Xi Jinping and it completes all the 55 total satellites in ..
Month: Current Affairs - July, 2020
Category: International Current Affairs
Topics: BeiDou Navigation System • China • Global Positioning System • GPS • US
Satellite-based advisory service ‘Gemini’ launched for deep sea fishermen
The Indian National Centre for Ocean Information Services (INCOIS) and Airport Authority of India (AAI) has launched a new satellite-based GEMINI system that will alert deep-sea fishermen of upcoming disasters. The acronym ‘GEMINI’ stands for “GAGAN Enabled Mariner’s Instrument for Navigation and Information”& is works on GAGAN (GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation) satellite system of ISRO ..
Topics: Aids to navigation • Geography • Global Positioning System • GPS-aided GEO augmented navigation • In India • Indian Space Research Organisation • Navigation • Project Gemini • Spacecraft
GSI Sets Up 22 GPS Stations across Country
The Geological Survey of India (GSI) has launched 22 permanent global positioning system (GPS) stations across India to identify seismically hazardous zones and encourage mapping activities. These 22 stations are part of the 35 stations planned by GSI to establish and maintain a network of continuously operating 35 permanent GPS stations. Fact Box: Bhuvisamvad Bhuvisamvad is an app launched by the Ministry of Mines to facilitate ..
Month: Current Affairs - March, 2019
Category: Science & Technology Current Affairs
Topics: Agartala • Aizawl • Bhopal • Bhubaneswar • Bhuvisamvad • Chandigarh • Chennai • Chitradurga. • Cooch Behar • Dehradun • Faridabad • Gandhinagar Vishakhapatnam • Geological Survey of India • Global Positioning System • GPS • GSI • Imphal • Itanagar • Jabalpur • Jaipur • Jammu • Kolkata • Little Andaman • Lucknow • Mangalore • Mangan • Middle Andaman • Nagpur • North Andaman • Patna • Pithoragarh • Pune • Raipur • Ranchi • seismically hazardous zones • Shillong • South Andaman • Thiruvananthapuram • Uttarkashi • Zawar
The researchers of France develops first ant-like walking robot without GPS
The researchers from the French National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS) have developed the first ant-like walking robot ‘AntBot’ that can explore its environment and find its way home without Global Positioning System (GPS). The scientists took inspiration from desert ants, which are extraordinary solitary navigators, to design the AntBot. Ants use polarised light and ..
Topics: Ants • Cataglyphis • Entomology • Formicinae • Global Positioning System • Hymenoptera • Insects • Myrmecology • Sahara Desert ant • Symbiosis
Galileo global satellite navigation system of European Union
Recently, China has successfully launched its first geostationary BeiDou-3 satellite ‘G1Q’ into high orbit (about 36,000 km above the Earth) to boost its home-grown BeiDou global satellite navigation system. It was launched from the Xichang Satellite Launch Centre in the southwestern Sichuan Province. In a geostationary orbit, following the Earth’s rotation, it will view the ..
Topics: Atomic clock • BeiDou • Galileo • Geostationary orbit • Global Positioning System • GLONASS • Satellite • Satellite navigation • Satellite navigation systems • Satellites • Spacecraft • Spaceflight