Infrastructure
Space infrastructure, like its terrestrial counterpart, is an invisible backbone for services used by people all over the world. Like terrestrial infrastructure, space infrastructure is increasingly relied upon for convenience, services, and national security/defense. If there was an emerging trend during 2017, it is that space infrastructure is increasingly stressed while benefiting from the sources of that stress: commercially driven services and technologies.
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Infrastructure Articles
2018 – Galileo Ground Networks
Responsibility for the operation of the Galileo constellation’s ground system…
2018 – Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS)
Japan’s Cabinet Office continues to operate all ## satellites of…
2018 – Navigation with Indian Constellation (NavIC)
India launched one Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS) satellite…
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2018 – Global Positioning System (GPS)
The U.S. maintained ## operational GPS satellites during 2018, the…
Read Article2018 – Global Navigation Satellites System (GLONASS)
For 2018, Russia maintained its 2017 number of operational GLONASS…
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2018 – PNT Satellites – Breakdown by Country
Of the ### PNT satellites in Earth orbit during 2018,…
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2018 – PNT Satellites – Breakdown by Mission Segment
Like PNT deployments in previous years, the majority of the…
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2017 – Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Systems
PNT satellite constellations continued growing during 2017. Deployments led to…
Read Article2018 New Communications Satellites Challenges
January 2018 marked the first time a U.S. communications satellite…
Read Article2018 Communications Satellites Breakdown by Country
The top ### operators of the overall number of communications…
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2018 – EO/RS Meteorology Focus
In 1900, a hurricane defied U.S. Weather Service predictions and…
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