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November 12, 2007
EU Finance Ministers, UK Parliamentary Body Debate Galileo Plan

On Tuesday (November 13) European Union (EU) finance ministers will address the European Commision (EC) proposal for all-public funding of the Galileo program….

By Glen Gibbons


October 31, 2007
COMPASS

As of late October 2007, China’s Compass (Beidou 2) Navigation Satellite System (CNSS) has manifested little change since the launch of its first…

By Glen Gibbons


October 27, 2007
U.S. Department of Commerce Proposes Update to Office Overseeing GPS and Related PNT Activities

The Department of Commerce has proposed legislation to boost the U.S. government’s space commerce activities. Specifically, the bill would reauthorize the Office of…

By Glen Gibbons


October 27, 2007
Russia Places 3 GLONASS Satellites in Orbit

Russia successfully launched three modernized GLONASS (GLONASS-M) satellites from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan on October 26, a day later than planned due…

By Glen Gibbons


October 25, 2007
Applications-Oriented “Growing Galileo” Event Planned for November 14-15

“Growing Galileo” is the theme of a conference and exhibition taking place November 14–15 in Brussels, Belgium, that will highlight the work under…

By Glen Gibbons


October 25, 2007
IEEE/ION PLANS 2008 Paper Deadline Approaches

The deadline to submit an abstract for IEEE/ION Position Location & Navigation Symposium (PLANS) 2008 is November 1.  PLANS 2008 will take place…

By Glen Gibbons


October 20, 2007
SiRF Goes “Green” with Location Ecosystem and “Killer Enabler”

At the premiere Location 2.0 Summit on October 23, SiRF Technology will roll out its “ecosystem” strategy for the location-based services (LBS) community,…

By Glen Gibbons


October 19, 2007
GLONASS Launch Is Back On for October 25

Russia’s GLONASS-M Investigation into a Proton-M rocket failure in September, which appeared to threaten the schedule for continued rebuilding of the GLONASS constellation,…

By Glen Gibbons


October 18, 2007
STM Launches 32-Channel GPS Processor

STMicroelectronics has introduced Cartesio, its new automotive-grade application processor with embedded GPS for navigation and telematics. The processor couples with ST’s GPS RF…

By Glen Gibbons


October 18, 2007
Get ready for the 2008 Toulouse Space Show! ENC-GNSS, EFTF 08, and more . . .

ESA/CNES launcher at Toulouse Space Center Next April’s Toulouse Space Show will provide a good deal of company for the European Navigation Conference…

By Glen Gibbons


October 17, 2007
Swiss GNSS Manufacturer u-blox Is Going Public

Ten-year-old u-blox AG has launched its initial public offering (IPO) of stock, which will begin trading October 26 on the Swiss Exchange. Price…

By Glen Gibbons


October 17, 2007
CAST Navigation Introduces Commercial Simulator

CAST Navigation VIP simulator Simulators from CAST Navigation, Billerica, Massachusetts USA, that are being used in government and military labs around the world…

By Glen Gibbons


October 15, 2007
Successful GPS Block IIR-M Spacecraft Launch

Launch of GPS Block IIR-M satellite, October 17, 2007 A Block IIR-M GPS satellite was launched successfully today (October 17, 2007) from Cape…

By Glen Gibbons


October 11, 2007
Nottingham (UK) Establishes GNSS Center

The University of Nottingham and the East Midlands Development Agency (emda) have signed a formal agreement that will create a £9 million (US$18.3…

By Glen Gibbons


October 11, 2007
Lack of Launcher Module Delays Galileo Launch

GIOVE-A satellite with Fregat module Unavailability of an upper stage of the Soyuz launcher will delay launch of the second Galileo In-Orbit Validation…

By Glen Gibbons


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