JPL

Honolulu beside a calm sea in 2017. A JPL technology recently detected and confirmed a tsunami up to 45 minutes prior to detection by tide gauges in Hawaii, and it estimated the speed of the wave to be over 580 miles per hour (260 meters per second) near the coast. (Photo: NASA/JPL-Caltech)

September 16, 2025

NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection catches wave in real time

By Tracy Cozzens

Conceptual design for the Sample Recovery Helicopters (Image: Aerovironment/ NASA/ JPL)

February 21, 2024

Final grounding for Ingenuity?

By Tony Murfin

August 7, 2023

Seen & Heard: Lighthouses no more, GPS mitigates natural disasters

By Maddie Saines

Photo: Tonga Meteorological Services, Government of Tonga

February 14, 2022

GNSS shows how volcanic eruptions cause ionospheric disruptions

By Matteo Luccio

The Sentinel-6 Michael Freilich spacecraft undergoes tests at its manufacturer Airbus in Friedrichshafen, Germany, in 2019. The white GNSS-RO instrument can be seen attached to the upper left portion of the front of the spacecraft. (Photo: Airbus)

September 4, 2020

Sentinel-6 sea-level mission to use GNSS-RO for weather and climate monitoring

By Tracy Cozzens

March 9, 2020

UCAR system boosts GNSS data for weather forecasting

By Tracy Cozzens

November 7, 2018

GPS Innovation Alliance celebrates NASA’s 60th anniversary

By Tracy Cozzens

February 9, 2017

Surrey Satellite GPS receiver to navigate NASA OCO-3 mission

By GPS World Staff

September 14, 2016

Septentrio to supply GNSS reference stations, timing receivers to JPL

By GPS World Staff

May 3, 2016

GPS scientist Michael Watkins named next JPL director

By GPS World Staff

NASA’s GUARDIAN Tsunami Detection catches wave in real time

Final grounding for Ingenuity?

Seen & Heard: Lighthouses no more, GPS mitigates natural disasters

GNSS shows how volcanic eruptions cause ionospheric disruptions

Sentinel-6 sea-level mission to use GNSS-RO for weather and climate monitoring

UCAR system boosts GNSS data for weather forecasting

GPS Innovation Alliance celebrates NASA’s 60th anniversary

Surrey Satellite GPS receiver to navigate NASA OCO-3 mission

Septentrio to supply GNSS reference stations, timing receivers to JPL

GPS scientist Michael Watkins named next JPL director

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