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May 24, 2010
GPS Block IIF: A Third Cancellation

GPS IIF-SVN1: Still Waiting. United Launch Alliance photo The third time wasn’t the charm for an attempted first launch of a GPS follow-on…

By Inside GNSS


May 23, 2010
GPS IIF Launch Scrubbed on Pad for Second Time

GPS Block IIF-SVN1 on the launch pad at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. United Launch Alliance photo Launch managers canceled the second attempt…

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May 20, 2010
ESA Sponsors GNSS Summer School this September in Denmark

An informal discussion at the 2009 GNSS summer school Online registration is open for the fourth International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite…

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May 20, 2010
ESA International Summer School 2010 on GNSS

The fourth International Summer School on GNSS has a new location and two new lead sponsors: the European Space Agency and Nokia. It…

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May 19, 2010
Equipment Problem Delays First GPS IIF Launch

Boeing technicians examine the first GPS IIF satellite as it underwent final preparations for its February shipment to Cape Canaveral. Boeing photo A…

By Inside GNSS


May 15, 2010
NovAtel Inc. Announces New OEMStar Models, New SPAN IMU

SPANS IMU-LCI integrated GNSS/Inertial Canadian GNSS OEM manufacturer NovAtel Inc. has introduced five new models to its low cost, L1 OEMStar receiver card…

By Inside GNSS


May 8, 2010
Space Weather Workshop Highlights Coming Solar Cycle Effects on GNSS

Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO) spacecraft. NASA image This year’s Space Weather Workshop — held April 27–30 in Boulder, Colorado — reflected a heightened…

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May 5, 2010
Pacific Crest Launches New ADL Data Modem

Pacific Crest, a Trimble company, has introduced the new ADL Sentry, a UHF radio for remote communications. An high-speed, data radio modem designed…

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April 25, 2010
NOAA Releases Real-Time GNSS Positioning Guidelines

NOAA’s National Geodetic Survey (NGS) recently announced an approved set of NGS user guidelines for increasingly popular single base real-time (RT) GNSS positioning…

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April 25, 2010
Septentrio Reports Frequency Spikes in Compass M1 Satellite Signals

Prompted by suggestions from the German Aerospace Center (DLR), researchers at Septentrio have investigated and reported on what they describe as anomalies in…

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April 25, 2010
ESA GNSS Evolutions Program Invites Proposals for Scientific Research

The European Space Agency (ESA) has invited proposals from the scientific community, private companies, and research organizations about ways to use signals from…

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April 22, 2010
Kaveh Pahlavan

Kaveh Pahlavan is a professor of electrical and computer engineering, a professor of computer science, and director of the Center for Wireless Information…

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April 22, 2010
Christopher Steger

Christopher Steger is a systems engineer at Skyhook Wireless, where he designs algorithms for Wi-Fi, cellular, and hybrid positioning systems. He received his…

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April 22, 2010
Mohammad Heidari

Mohammad Heidari is a research engineer at Skyhook Wireless focusing on hybrid Wi-Fi positioning and its challenges. His research interests are analysis of…

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April 22, 2010
Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz

Farshid Alizadeh-Shabdiz is the chief scientist at Skyhook Wireless Inc. responsible for the research and development of Skyhook’s positioning technology. He has more…

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