When spending time out in the wilderness, especially alone, keeping in communication is important, and these top satellite ...

Krystle Vermes is a Boston-based news reporter for Android Police. She is a graduate of the Suffolk University journalism program, and has more than a decade of experience as a writer and editor in ...

(WHTM) Global Positioning by Satellite (GPS) is so thoroughly embedded in our lives that it’s hard to imagine the technology has existed for less than 50 years. On July 19, 1977, the first GPS ...

I swear to god every single time the Arsian GigaBaud finds his way over here we spend a couple days just nerding out to the max. Projects that aren't even on our table just spontaneously happen. This ...

Lost or weak GNSS signals are always a concern – be it due to an urban canyon, a tunnel or other obstructions encountered in real-world applications. To traverse these satellite outages, an inertial ...

GeekWire’s Alan Boyle points his iPhone skyward to seek a satellite connection in an Oregon cafe. (Photo Courtesy of Alissa Farley) NEHALEM, Ore. — When I bought myself a phone that was built for ...

The FCC has officially proposed, and voted unanimously to move forward with, a framework under which satellites can communicate directly with smartphones in a structured and useful way. The Notice of ...

Satellites depend on radio frequency spectrum to communicate with each other and with ground stations on Earth, but spectrum is a finite resource that’s prone to interference — an issue that’s only ...

Astronomers in Australia picked up a strange radio signal in June 2024 — one near our planet and so powerful that, for a moment, it outshined everything else in the sky. The ensuing search for its ...

Phone users in Japan can now send messages even without a signal via Apple’s satellite connectivity. Here’s everything you need to know.

Jamming and spoofing attacks on space-based services have increased by greatly over the past few years, and technologists are ...