Chasing Lightning: Detecting, Characterizing, and Identifying a Powerful Space-Based GNSS Interference Source
2026/06/02 by Zachary L. Clements, Argyris Kriezis, Todd E. Humphreys · 37 voices
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Abstract
This paper analyzes and identifies a space-based Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) interference source that has caused scores of powerful transient wide-area interference events over continental Europe, Greenland, and Canada since 2019. While terrestrial or near-terrestrial sources are primarily responsible for the recent uptick in GNSS interference worldwide, space-based interferers are of special concern given their potential for vast geographic reach and their portent of a qualitative escalation in GNSS interference. Based on data collected between 2019 and 2026 from a network of terrestrial GNSS reference stations, this paper (1) develops a received-power-based detection framework; (2) details the spatial, temporal, and spectral patterns of wide-area interference events caused by the source; (3) presents and analyzes identification techniques that blend received-power and time-difference-of-arrival measurements; and (4) applies these techniques to confidently identify the GNSS interference source as a constellation of Russian early warning satellites in Molniya ("lightning") orbits.
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- Tracing a powerful GNSS interference source over Europe [hn, 440 points, 238 comments]
- The video relates to this pre-print, which I am going to read in detail and share with my team (watch the video linked above if you prefer). With so many GNSS signals raining down on us, the data arch [bsky, 22 points, 0 comments]
- GPS/GNSS interference over Europe is starting to look like something far more serious than local outages, random radio noise, or ground-based jamming. Part of it may be linked to active electromagneti [bsky, 18 points, 1 comments]
- The video is a companion to the paper they released. I'm not convinced it's intentional GNSS jamming. I'd also love to hear more about the source of the mysterious tip that set them off on this invest [bsky, 10 points, 2 comments]
- Ces résultats font partie d'un article de recherche publié jeudi par Todd Humphreys, directeur du laboratoire de radionavigation de l'université du Texas arxiv.org/pdf/2606.03673 [bsky, 5 points, 0 comments]
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