What is Xona Pulsar LEO-PNT Satellites (first six)?

Satellite navigation uses signals from space so a receiver can work out where it is and what time it is. The best-known system, GPS, broadcasts from satellites about 20,000 km above Earth, and the long trip means the signal arrives weaker. Xona Pulsar is a navigation system built on satellites in low Earth orbit, much closer to the ground, so the signal travels a shorter distance and can be stronger. This entry covers the first six Pulsar satellites, which Xona said, in a 9 October 2026 post, it would launch in October 2026; two of them are the first satellites designed and manufactured in-house at Xona, a company started in 2019.

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