Individuals and organizations wishing to comment on the recently released technical working group (TWG) report on LightSquared’s interference to GPS as well as…

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LightSquared submitted a 318-page report to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) yesterday (June 30, 2011) on the months-long effort of a technical working…

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FIGURE 1: System architecture Cooperative vehicle safety applications should preferably have two-meter horizontal accuracy and six-meter vertical accuracy, all with a 95-percent availability….

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FIGURE 1: GPS/GLONASS L1 frequency band As is well known, Galileo will become the European complement to the U.S. Global Positioning system. But…

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A GNSS signal simulator is mainly used to simulate GNSS signals transmitted by navigation satellites, propagated through the Earth’s atmosphere, and received by…

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Anechoic chamber test site at U.S. Naval Air Systems Command (NAVAIR) facility in Patuxent River, Maryland Interference can pose a threat to the…

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2011 Case Western Reserve team winning robotic lawnmower A team from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio took home the top $15,000…

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This is a 1993 photo of Walter, a German astronaut. He exemplifies the fearless approach to experimentation and the spirit of fun that…

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Astroclock This colloquium will explore the implications of redefining UTC in astrodynamics, astornomy, geodesy, navigation, remote sensing and related fields.

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MD 2011 trajectory (NASA) A schoolbus-sized asteroid grazed the Earth’s atmosphere around 1:00 P.M. (EDT)  on June 27. It was 7,600 miles (12,300…

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On June 27, the Supreme Court decided to accept a 2005 Washington D.C. warrantless tracking case that illustrates how confusing GPS satellite positioning…

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Detail of India’s GAGAN system, from a presentation by Dr. S.V. Kibe. For full diagram: The communications satellite that carries India’s GPS-Aided Geo…

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Much of the research into the possible effects of the planned LightSquared cellular broadband transmissions near the GPS L1 band have focused on…

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Would-be cellular broadband company LightSquared promised a Congressional subcommittee Thursday (June 23, 2011) that it would scale back its proposed wireless system and…

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