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February 10, 2012
2012 Joint Navigation Conference begins on Tuesday, June 12, one day later than planned

Air Force Capt. Bryony Veater in Kandahar, Afghanistan with a Defense Advanced GPS Receiver in November 2011. She trains U.S. and coalition forces…

By Inside GNSS


February 8, 2012
Aviation Subcommittee Hearing Moves Beyond LightSquared to GPS Spectrum Protection

John Porcari, US DoT Deputy Secretary U.S. Deputy Secretary of Transportation John Porcari told a congressional committee today (February 8, 2012) that the…

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February 7, 2012
Thought Leadership Series

This sponsored series of magazine articles by GNSS experts covers pressing issues for engineers, designers, manufacturers and policy makers of the global satellite…

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February 7, 2012
Chris Rizos

Chris Rizos heads the School of Surveying and Spatial Information Systems at University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia. He founded the university’s…

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February 3, 2012
GNSS Manufacturer Trimble Reports Strong Growth in 2011, Predicts More in 2012

Trimble’s year-on-year revenues grew 35 percent to $435.2 million in the fourth quarter of 2011, while GAAP net income declined 20 percent, according…

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February 2, 2012
Christine Waring

Christine Waring designs sponsored editorial and advertising features for Inside GNSS and other special projects.

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February 1, 2012
OHB and SSTL Win Second Round of Contracts for 8 Galileo FOC Satellites

The European Space Agency (ESA) today (February 2, 2012) signed a contract to build a further eight Galileo satellites, alongside other agreements to…

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January 28, 2012
Big Solar Storm, Little GPS Effect

Solar flare viewed January 23, 2012. NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory image. Although it was billed as the strongest for the past eight years…

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January 27, 2012
$655 Million for GLONASS in 2012

Russia’s GNSS program plans to launch three more satellites in the first half of 2012 as part of a 20.55 billion ruble (US$655…

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January 27, 2012
LightSquared GPS Interference Controversy: Senate Investigation Won’t End with FCC Decision

A Senate investigation into how the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) handled a request to rezone spectrum adjacent to GPS frequencies for LightSquared’s powerful…

By Inside GNSS


January 27, 2012
The Return of SVN49

In an effort to improve constellation sustainment, on or about Feb. 1, 2012, SVN-49 will resume transmitting an L-band signal using PRN24 as…

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January 27, 2012
DoD Strategic Guidance “Protects” GPS Modernization

GPS and other space systems fare well in the Department of Defense (DoD) strategic budget initiative outlined today (January 26, 2012) by U.S….

By Inside GNSS


January 26, 2012
Signals Archive

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January 26, 2012
Supreme Court Ruling on GPS-Aided Monitoring Leaves Issues Unresolved

istock photo A U.S. Supreme Court opinion released this week (January 23, 2012) ruled that warrantless GPS-aided monitoring of a suspect violated the…

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January 25, 2012
Alexander Povalyaev

Alexander Povalyaev is the deputy head of the division in the JSC “Russian Space Systems” and is a professor at the Moscow Aviation…

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