Today (December 15, 2016) the European Commission (EC), owner of Europe’s GNSS system, Galileo, formally announced the start of Galileo Initial Services, the…
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Following a complex tendering process that began in January 2015, the European GNSS Agency (GSA) awarded the Galileo Service Operator (GSOp) contract, with…
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NASA successfully launched eight Cyclone Global Navigation Satellite System (CYGNSS) microsatellites this morning (December 15, 2016) from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in…
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GPS III satellites in production. Image Source: Lockheed Martin. The U.S. Air Force has approved Lockheed Martin’s current GPS satellite ground control system…
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Septentrio’s PolaRx5 GNSS receiver. Image source: Septentrio. Septentrio has released its 5.1.0 firmware for the PolaRx5 product line of GNSS reference receivers. The…
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Europe’s satellite navigation system, Galileo, is about to go operational on December 15 when the European Commission makes a Declaration of Initial Services…
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After months of testing, the European Space Agency (ESA) has announced that Galileo satellites 13 and 14 are transmitting healthy navigation signals and…
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This webinar has taken place. A recorded version is available now to those who register. Europe’s satellite navigation system, Galileo, is about to…
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Ligado Networks has announced a cooperation agreement with Topcon Positioning Systems that removes another barrier to the wireless broadband company’s proposed 5G network…
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Eliza Schmidkunz is cofounder and partner in Gibbons Media and Research LLC, publishers of Inside GNSS. From 2006 through 2016, she was a…
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Federal officials are finally moving on a year-old, two-phase plan to establish a long delayed backup for the GPS system.
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The Air Force’s Global Positioning Systems Directorate contracted the CUP2 upgrade. Lockheed Martin has announced a major upgrade to modernize the GPS ground…
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u-blox SAM-M8Q GNSS receiver. Thalwil, Switzerland-based u-blox has released its SAM-M8Q GNSS receiver with integrated antenna. The compact SAM-M8Q module speeds time to…
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The navigation sensors for location-based services (LBS) are complex technical systems. Modern technical science can answer most questions about the optimality of particular…
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