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January 13, 2012
Optimal Aligning of the Sums of GNSS Navigation Signals

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

By Inside GNSS


January 13, 2012
Code Tracking and Pseudoranges

FIGURE 2: Pseudorange computation based on transmission. On the left side, the satellites are transmitting mes¬sages synchronously. On the right side, the four…

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January 13, 2012
Contact!

A photo of the NavSAS group (December 2011) On December 12, 2011, one of the two Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites launched on…

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January 13, 2012
Winging It

FIGURE 1: Competitive group skydiving is currently judged by overlaying a grid on a photo and evaluating location of divers within its cells….

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January 13, 2012
Raytheon Gets New Contract for GPS OCX Launch and Checkout System

In the latest in a series of GPS modernization contracts, the U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center has awarded Raytheon Company…

By Inside GNSS


January 12, 2012
2012 Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation (IPIN)

UNSW, the conference venue, is 4.3 miles (7 km) from Sydney city center. The 2012 International Conference on Indoor Positioning and Indoor Navigation…

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January 12, 2012
USAF Awards Lockheed Additional GPS IIIA Satellite Buy

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $238 million contract for production of the third and fourth satellites in the next-generation…

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January 12, 2012
2012 Ubiquitous Positioning Indoor Navigation and Location Based Service (UPINLBS)

The Hilton Helsinki Strand at night UPINLBS 2012 will take place on the Gulf of Finland waterfront at the Hilton Strand in Helsinki,…

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January 11, 2012
ICL-GNSS 2012: Localization and GNSS Conference

Lake Starnberg The 2012 International Conference on Localization and GNSS will take place from June 25 to 27 in Starnberg, near Munich, Germany. …

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January 11, 2012
Lockheed Gains GPS III Launch & Checkout Contract

GPS III satellite. Lockheed Martin illustration The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $21.5-million contract to provide a launch and checkout…

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January 6, 2012
Going to the Adriatic in May? Submit Your Abstracts for the GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference

Baska, Krk Island beach This annual seminar on the Croatian Adriatic aims at GNSS experts and covers the risks and vulnerabilities of the…

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January 3, 2012
Newly Signed Appropriations Measure Adds Layer of Political Protection for GPS

When President Obama signed the $1 trillion dollar federal appropriations bill just before Christmas, he also inked into law a provision further protecting…

By Inside GNSS


January 1, 2012
The Year’s Top Stories from Inside GNSS

If the readership of insidegnss.com news is any indication, 2011 was the year of LightSquared. Articles about the would-be wireless broadband company that…

By Inside GNSS


December 31, 2011
Putin Gives Political Oversight of GLONASS to New Deputy Prime Minister

In a meeting Friday (December 30, 2011), Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin told the newly appointed deputy prime minister, Vladislav Surkov, that he…

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December 27, 2011
China Publishes Compass /BeiDou “Test Version” of ICD; Key Data Missing

[Updated January 3, 2012] China released a long-awaited “test version” interface control document (ICD) for its Compass (BeiDou-2) GNSS system today (December 27,…

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