That GPS forerunner you forgot is coming back in style
Xona aims to deploy 258 satellites into low Earth orbit as a GPS alternative.
An illustration of a Pulsar satellite developed by Xona Space Systems for providing PNT services from low Earth orbit.
Xona Space Systems
New navigation satellites in low Earth orbit could provide 100 times stronger signal strength compared to GPS and other global navigation satellite systems operating from higher orbital altitudes—enabling greater location accuracy within dense cities, under thick foliage, and even inside buildings. Such signals would also likely prove more resilient to interference at a time when commercial flights, maritime shipping, and even various smartphone apps face increasingly widespread disruption from GPS jamming.
