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February 29, 2012
U.S. House Committee Leaders Request Information on LightSquared and GPS Interference

Republican leaders of the U.S. House of Representative’s Energy and Commerce Committee have requested additional information regarding the procedures followed by federal agencies…

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February 29, 2012
GPS Program Budget: A Lot, But Is It Enough?

The details of President Obama’s 2013 budget have been gradually filtering out and, in general, the GPS system and those programs closely linked…

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February 28, 2012
LightSquared CEO Resigns Amid GPS Interference Controversy

Sanjiv Ahuja LightSquared announced today (February 28, 2012) that Sanjiv Ahuja has resigned his position as chief executive officer of LightSquared, Inc. He…

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February 25, 2012
China Launches 11th Compass/BeiDou-2 Satellite

China successfully launched a satellite into space at 00:12 Beijing Time on February 25 (February 24, 16:12 UTC/GMT), the 11th of the nation’s…

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February 25, 2012
Genene Fisher

Dr. Genene Fisher is senior policy advisor with NOAA’s National Weather Service. With a doctorate in atmospheric and space sciences from the University…

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February 25, 2012
Solar Max and Space Weather Prediction

Dr. Genene Fisher On any given day — especially cloudy winter days — most people may not give a lot of thought to…

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February 25, 2012
LightSquared Asks for More Time to Contest FCC Action on GPS Interference

Charging the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) with a “rush to judgment,” LightSquared Inc. is seeking an extension of more than a month to…

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February 23, 2012
IFEN and WORK Microwave Introduce Enhanced NavX-NCS GNSS Simulator

IFEN, the Poing, Germany–based manufacturer of GNSS navigation products and services, working in partnership with WORK Microwave, have announced an enhanced version of…

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February 21, 2012
Septentrio/QinetiQ Equipment Receives First Gaileo PRS Signal

Septentrio and QinetiQ have reported the world’s first successful reception on February 14 of the encrypted Galileo Public Regulated Service (PRS) signal from…

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February 18, 2012
President’s Budget Request Would Continue GPS Modernization

Following up on the “strategic guidance” on defense spending that the White House laid out last month, President Obama has proposed a Fiscal…

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February 17, 2012
Both Sides Now: Harbinger, LightSquared, GPS Interference, and Lawsuits

Moynihan Courthouse in Manhattan No sooner had the Wall Street Journal published an article today  (Feburary 17, 2012) about Harbinger Capital hiring lawyers…

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February 17, 2012
Spectracom Offers New Signal Generator for In-Line GNSS Product Testing

Spectracom has announced the GSG-52 RF Signal Generator, a new offering in its line of GPS constellation simulators. The GSG-52 is designed for…

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February 16, 2012
FCC Invites Comment on Plans to Abandon LightSquared Effort Due to GPS Interference Concerns

As previously announced, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) International Bureau invited comment today on its proposal to vacate its January 2011 conditional waiver…

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February 16, 2012
Topcon Introduces Full-Spectrum GNSS Geodetic Antenna

Topcon CR-G5 GNSS antenna Topcon Positioning Systems (TPS) announced the company’s new CR-G5 high-performance, GNSS choke ring antenna. Based on the company’s new…

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February 15, 2012
NTIA and FCC Agree: No Practical Way to Fix LightSquared’s GPS Interference Problem

[Updated February 15, 2012] The GPS community received a Valentine’s Day message from U.S. regulators today (Feburary 14, 2012): there is  “no practical…

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