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March 29, 2012
Figures 1 & 2: The GPS Dot and its Discontents

Return to main article: "The GPS Dot and its Discontents"

By Inside GNSS


March 29, 2012
Satellite Development Advances as GPS Survives Budget Cuts, LightSquared

New GPS III Test Chamber (Lockheed Martin photo) The United States GPS program is without doubt the elder statesman of GNSS, but it…

By Inside GNSS


March 28, 2012
Loctronix Demonstrates Its Indoor Positioning Technology at MWC

Loctronix Corporation, a provider of unified positioning solutions for mobile devices, has announced that the company successfully demonstrated the ability of its Mobile…

By Inside GNSS


March 28, 2012
IFEN and WORK Microwave Announce More Upgrades for NavX-NCS Simulators

IFEN GmbH and WORK Microwave have announced a new round of enhancements to the NavX-NCS line of GNSS multi-frequency simulators. Increased usability and…

By Inside GNSS


March 27, 2012
Galileo GNSS Through Children’s Eyes

Galileo by Irina of Romania [Updated March 27] We see lots of graphs, schemata, renderings and photographic images of the GNSS satellites and…

By Inside GNSS


March 26, 2012
UrsaNav Tests eLoran, LF Timing Potential

UrsaNav LF transmitter site for timing synchronization trials Virginia-based engineering firm UrsaNav Inc. has begun transmitting a variety of low frequency (LF) test…

By Inside GNSS


March 26, 2012
Watch the Video: Physicists and GPS Expert Debate Results from the Large Hadron Collider

OPERA neutrino experiment at the Gran Sasso laboratory in Italy. (Photo: LNGS) [Updated March 26, 2012] Six experts debatd the exciting – and…

By Inside GNSS


March 23, 2012
2012 European Satellite Navigation Competition Opens

The 2012 European Satellite Navigation Competition will accept your idea, innovative service or business plan for GNSS applications beginning April 1.  Submit your…

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March 22, 2012
SBIRS Decision Could Undermine Prospects for GPS Dual-Launch

SBIRS GEO-2 satellite in Baseline Integrated System Test (BIST-1). Lockheed Martin photo. The Air Force is poised to forego putting nuclear detonation detection…

By Inside GNSS


March 21, 2012
Register Now for the 2012 GPS Partnership Council at Los Angeles AFB in May

GPS Partnership Council golf competition (USAF photo by Joe Juarez) Registration is open for the 2012 GPS Partnership Council meeting at the USAF…

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March 21, 2012
Munich Summit Charts Progress of GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, Beidou GNSSes

Whenever the annual Munich Satellite Navigation Summit came around, some GNSS program was usually in the ascendant, while others had reversed direction or…

By Inside GNSS


March 20, 2012
NAV12 and the Royal Institute of Navigation Request Your Papers, Please

The University Park Hotel under construction next to the East Midlands Conference Centre The British Royal Institute of Navigation has given prospective authors…

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March 20, 2012
Air Force Plans Shift to Fixed-Price Contract for GPS III

Gil Klinger, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space and Intelligence. DoD photo. As part of an effort to control costs, the U.S….

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March 19, 2012
LightSquared Lashes Out at FCC in Last Round of Comments on GPS Interference

In a last-ditch effort to salvage its wireless broadband system from official rejection due to interference to GPS, LightSquared Inc. has filed a…

By Inside GNSS


March 15, 2012
Peer-to-Peer Cooperative Positioning

Working Papers explore the technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter…

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