NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command) had the first ever Santa tracker in 1955. While it used to be just a boring animation of Santa’s sleigh and reindeer flying across a map, NORAD has ...
The eastern Chinese city of Nanjing, home to nearly 10 million people and the capital of Jiangsu province, experienced a six-hour satellite navigation blackout on Wednesday. GPS and BeiDou-dependent ...
SpaceX has lost contact with one of its broadband satellites, which is now falling toward Earth due to an unspecified and seemingly mysterious anomaly. The company revealed that a Starlink satellite ...
Our everyday GPS struggles in “urban canyons,” where skyscrapers bounce satellite signals, confusing even advanced navigation systems. NTNU scientists created SmartNav, combining satellite corrections ...
Storm TrackerStorm Tracker layer: A dynamic view of storms showcasing Lightning, Dangerous Thunderstorm Alerts and Radar from the past 60 minutes RadarRadar layer: Past, current, and forecast radar ...
T-Satellite can get you service where cell towers can't reach. I went off the grid to test whether it actually worked. It is available for T-Mobile and other carrier customers. One of my favorite ...
Slowly but steadily, Apple has been tucking satellite-powered features into its iPhones. Get ready for that to blossom into a whole set of new capabilities. According to a Bloomberg report, Apple is ...
Emergency SOS on the iPhone is free, but more advanced features might come at a cost in the future. Credit: Apple Apple's iPhone will soon be able to do a lot more without Wi-Fi or cellular ...
Apple is reportedly working on five new satellite-connectivity features. As Bloomberg’s Mark Gurman reports, an Apple Maps integration would allow you to use navigation tools without a cellular or ...
Apple introduced the ability to send and receive text messages via satellite last year, but now it wants to expand these features with 5G support and more. Image generated by Google’s Nano Banana What ...