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Qascom is proud to announce the successful lift-off, rendezvous and docking of CRS-31, the 31st mission from SpaceX which includes the Qascom/NAVCOM payload.
The NAVCOM payload is a Qascom/Italian Space Agency (ASI) experiment aimed at positioning the International Space Station (ISS) using a ground infrastructure instead of GNSS. This experiment will demonstrate robust and alternative navigation for space applications. We...
Exciting news! Tonight at 02:29 UTC (03:29 Italian time) we’re launching our NAVCOM into space!
Supported by the Italian Space Agency (ASI), NAVCOM will fly on the SpaceX CRS-31 mission to the International Space Station (ISS) as part of NASA's Commercial Resupply Services program. The astronauts will use NAVCOM to receive GNSS-like signals from Earth...
QASCOM is proud to announce that during the IAC 2024 the “Moonlight” contract was signed between Telespazio and the European Space Agency – ESA, for a total amount of €123M.
The European consortium will build a constellation of satellites dedicated to providing navigation and communication services for future lunar missions. Qascom, as a subcontractor of Telespazio, is in charge of the development of the test user receiver for the...
Wrapping Up a Successful ION GNSS+ with LuGRE Link Budget Insights!
To end the successful The Institute of Navigation GNSS+ sessions this year, on top of the plenary talk and stand, we have presented our work on the link budget elaborated for our LuGRE GNSS receiver. Presentation and video are available at:...
Agenzia Spaziale Italiana avvia la ricerca e lo sviluppo di infrastrutture avanzate per migliorare la navigazione in aree urbane
ASI affida a QASCOM (capogruppo) e RINA Consulting (formerly D'Appolonia) la ricerca e sviluppo di una infrastruttura di supporto alla navigazione satellitare (GNSS), che garantisce la localizzazione in ambienti urbani anche quando il GNSS non è disponibile o...
Another exciting milestone in the NAVCOM project!
The NAVCOM payload has been successfully qualified and shipped to NASA's Johnson Space Center. From there, NAVCOM will be cleared for integration into the Falcon 9 rocket, taking a step forward on its journey to the International Space Station (ISS). We would like to...
Exciting progress on the NAVCOM project at NASA – National Aeronautics and Space Administration Johnson Space Center!
We are thrilled to announce the successful completion of our latest tests for the NAVCOM (NAVigation and COMmunication testbed) project, supported by Agenzia Spaziale Italiana. NAVCOM leverages SDR technologies to provide a reliable backup for positioning of an...
Space Meetings Veneto
It was a great pleasure to contribute to the Space Meetings Veneto in Venice! We hold a session titled “Satellite Navigation, Challenges and Opportunities” with invited speakers from Agenzia Spaziale Italiana, Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio. Qascom Galileo...
European Navigation Conference (ENC) 2024
This week QASCOM attended the European Navigation Conference (ENC) 2024 in ESTEC in full force! Our numerous teams presented various innovative work on signal of opportunity for LEO PNT, robust GNSS/INS FDIR algorithms for launchers and augmentation of the upcoming...