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November 3, 2010
GPS Outages, Bad Receivers, System Architecture on Agenda for Space-Based PNT Advisory Board

The U.S. Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Executive Committee (ExCom) has issued a new set of tasks that it wants its advisory…

By Inside GNSS


November 2, 2010
Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS

Thailand’s largest island and a popular tourist destination The 2nd Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS will be held in Melbourne, Australia, on…

By Inside GNSS


November 2, 2010
Space Reflecto 2010

The first workshop on passive reflectometry using radiocom space signals is organized by two technical competence centers (CCT) of the French space agency,…

By Inside GNSS


November 2, 2010
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite Michibiki Begins Broadcasts

Experts at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) are analyzing signals from Japan’s first quasi-zenith satellite, Michibiki, which began transmissions (including the first transmission…

By Inside GNSS


November 1, 2010
UAV NAV Symposium (Royal Institute of Navigation)

Royal Geographical Society A one-day symposium on navigation for unmanned aerial vehicles will take place at the Royal Geographical Society, 1 Kensington Gore,…

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November 1, 2010
2011 European Navigation Conference

ENC 2011, the European Satellite Navigation conference, will be organized by the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) at London’s new Grange Tower Bridge…

By Inside GNSS


October 31, 2010
China Launches Another Compass/Beidou-2 GEO Satellite

Compass G4 satellite and Long March rocket on Xichang launch pad displays new Beidou logo. [UPDATED Oct. 31, 2010) China has launched its…

By Inside GNSS


October 31, 2010
Galileo Operations Contract, EGNOS SoL Service Move Ahead

At European Space Policy Conference: From left, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Mercedes Bresso, President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vittori…

By Inside GNSS


October 30, 2010
Asia Multi-GNSS Demonstration Project Schedules Second Workshop in November

Organizers of an ambitious project in the Asia/Oceania region demonstrating the benefits and opportunities for using multiple GNSS systems are moving ahead in…

By Inside GNSS


October 30, 2010
ABI Research: Mobile Phone GPS Navigation Grows Substantially But PNDs Still on Top

ABI Research says that a recent survey revealed that, although portable navigation devices (PNDs) remain the most used form factor, the number of…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Galileo Master, Winner of the 2010 European Satellite Navigation Competition

A Salzburg, Austria–based start-up company, Mobilizy, took home the €20,000 grand prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 (ESNC 2010) for its…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Local Oscillator Phase Noise

FIGURE 1: Block-diagram of a GNSS direct-conversion receiver For the complete story, including figures, graphs, and images, please download the PDF of the…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
Military PNT — The Way Ahead

FIGURE 1: The three foundations of C2 and how they are “changing the game” in an electronic battlespace: spectrum (communications media), yellow; computers…

By Inside GNSS


October 25, 2010
eVOTZ: Mobilizing Voters

Figure 1: An overview of the eVOTZ location-based voter solution architecture The votes are in and the USA Challenge 2010 award goes —…

By Inside GNSS


October 18, 2010
Augmented Reality Navigation System Nabs Galileo Master Award in Satellite Navigation Competition

A Salzburg, Austria–based start-up company, Mobilizy, took home the €20,000 grand prize in the European Satellite Navigation Competition 2010 (ESNC 2010) for its…

By Inside GNSS


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