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July 13, 2012
Galileo SVs Test ‘Dummy’ MBOC Signal in Space

Galileo IOV’s Composite Binary Offset Carrier (CBOC) modulation on E1 Open Service signal, courtesy of ESA Off-line Analysis SIS Software The first two…

By Inside GNSS


July 12, 2012
SSTL, OHB Sign €80m Contract with OHB for Second Round of Galileo Payloads

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) signed a  €80 million (US$98 million) contract today (July 11, 2012) with OHB System AG to build a…

By Inside GNSS


July 11, 2012
14th IAIN World Congress: International Association of Institutes of Navigation

Concorde El Salam Hotel The biennial International Association of Insitutes of Navigation (IAIN) World Congress will take place in Cairo, Egypt from October…

By Inside GNSS


July 10, 2012
Challenges in GNSS / Inertial Integration

Return to Inside GNSS Web Seminars home page This web seminar is complete. If you registered but were not able to participate in…

By Inside GNSS


July 5, 2012
Single- versus Dual-Frequency Precise Point Positioning

Q: What are the tradeoffs between using L1-only and L1+L2 for PPP? A: Precise point positioning (PPP) is a technique that can compute…

By Inside GNSS


July 5, 2012
INS Face Off

TOP PHOTO: Antenna configurations on trials vehicle: Dual GPS antennas for the INS under test and single GPS antenna for the CIMU; BOTTOM…

By Inside GNSS


July 5, 2012
Drones to the Rescue!

August 1994, early morning. Spain’s Central Pyrenees Mountains still in darkness. At the outset of an ascent to a 3,000-meter peak along the…

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July 4, 2012
Addition of Leap Second Highlights Campaign for Its Elimination

[Updated July 4] The world’s dominant mode of timekeeping, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), took on another leap second on Saturday, June 30 at…

By Inside GNSS


July 3, 2012
Mission Accomplished: ESA Turns Out the Lights on GIOVE-A

ESA expert inspecting GIOVE-A in clean room in Baikonur Space Center, Kazakhstan. ESA photo With the first two Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) spacecraft…

By Inside GNSS


July 2, 2012
House and Senate Slash Civil GPS Funding

[Updated July 2] Appropriators in both the U.S. House and Senate have slashed next year’s funding for support of the civil portion of…

By Inside GNSS


July 1, 2012
Deadline Approaches for EGNOS Services Contract

Would-be operators of the European satellite-based augmentation system have until July 16 to submit requests to be able to compete for an eight-year…

By Inside GNSS


June 29, 2012
House Action Would Thwart GPS-Aided Tracking of Commercial Trucks

Independent truck operators and a general fear of government surveillance led to passage of an amendment today (June 29, 2012) that would prohibit…

By Inside GNSS


June 27, 2012
ESNC Prize: Submit Your GNSS Application Idea by July 8

Time is short — the European Satellite Navigation Competition, aka Galileo Masters — is seeking the best GPS and GNSS applications ideas for…

By Inside GNSS


June 26, 2012
GISSA Ukubuzana 2012

Central area, Emperors Palace convention center and resort The Geo-Information Society of South Africa will hold its 2012 conference and exhibition, GISSA Ukubuzana*,…

By Inside GNSS


June 23, 2012
GNSS and Positioning for the Future Workshop

Northern Jutland Peninsula A seven day workshop on GNSS and Positioning for the Future will be held at a Jutland (North Sea) resort…

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