3.6K views · 128 reactions | Satellite navigation is a big part of our daily lives. How do our phones and cars know where to go? Nicola de Quattro, Head of Engineering and Innovation at Vitrociset Belgium, explains how sat nav works along with its present and future applications in this episode of ESA Education's Meet The Experts. See https://youtu.be/91j5DGTAvfc | ESA - European Space Agency | Facebook

290K views · 341 shares | China has successfully launched the world’s first X-ray pulsar navigation satellite at 7:42am local time on Thursday from the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center in northwest China. According to Shuai Ping, the chief scientist of the research project, the satellite will detect the details of X-ray signals of 26 nearby pulsars, and will create a database for pulsar navigation during its mission. | CGTN | Facebook