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September 1, 2009
u-blox Launches Ultra-Low Power u-blox 6 for Battery-Driven Applications

Thalwil, Switzerland–based embedded GNSS receiver provider u-blox has announced the upgrade of its core CMOS technology to u-blox 6, with substantially reduced power…

By Inside GNSS


August 27, 2009
Air Force Sets Latest GPS Satellite Operational

GPS IIR-21(M) logo (United Launch Alliance) The last in the series of eight modernized GPS Block IIR satellites, GPS IIR-21(M), has been declared…

By Inside GNSS


August 27, 2009
NOAA, Japan Establish QZSS Ground Station in Guam

Officials from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) have unveiled a new ground station in Guam…

By Inside GNSS


August 25, 2009
Wanted: Director of U.S. PNT National Coordination Office

The National Coordination Office for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) is looking for a new director. This office supports the National Space-Based…

By Inside GNSS


August 19, 2009
Russia Building Out GLONASS Monitoring Network, Augmentation System

GLONASS-K spacecraft (artist’s illustration) With a nearly restored and modernizing GLONASS system beginning to make inroads into mass market products and services, Russia…

By Inside GNSS


August 17, 2009
Air Force Launches Last GPS Block IIR-M Satellite

GPS IIR-21(M) The U.S. Air Force successfully launched the last in the series of eight modernized GPS (IIR-M) satellites today (August 17) at…

By Inside GNSS


August 11, 2009
Spirent Launches New Signal Generator

Spirent Communications plc has launched the GSS6300 Multi-GNSS Signal Generator, intended for high-volume production test applications for devices that use commercial GPS/SBAS, GLONASS,…

By Inside GNSS


August 11, 2009
China Reveals Updated Compass/ Beidou-2 GNSS Signal Plan

Figure 2. GNSS spectrum (after China ICG presentation) A new Compass signal and frequency plan introduced at a recent International Committee on GNSS…

By Inside GNSS


August 10, 2009
Civil GPS Service Interface Committee (CGSIC) Meeting

The 49th CGSIC meeting will take place at the Hilton Garden Inn in midtown Savannah, Georgia on Monday and Tuesday, September 21-22, before…

By Inside GNSS


August 6, 2009
Upcoming Block IIR-(21)M Launch Wraps Up Generation of GPS Satellites

The scheduled August 17 launch of GPS satellite IIR-(21)M — also known by its space vehicle number SVN50 — will mark the end…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2009
PCTEL Introduces GSM/WIFI/WIMAX/GPS multi-band antenna

PCTEL, Inc., has introduced its new Medallion GSM/WIFI/WIMAX/GPS multi-band antenna featuring a rugged low profile housing that allows omnidirectional reception.

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2009
NavCom Launches Multi-Frequency, All-System GNSS Receiver

NavCom SF-3050 NavCom Technology, Inc., has announced the release of the SF-3050 multi-frequency GNSS receiver that incorporates the company’s new Sapphire GNSS OEM…

By Inside GNSS


July 31, 2009
GPS SVN49 Signal Anomaly: USAF Ponders Plan B

(Updated August 4, 2009) A GPS community consensus is emerging that the initial proposal for mitigating the L1 signal anomaly causing elevation-dependent ranging…

By Inside GNSS


July 30, 2009
2009 FAA New Technologies Workshop

"Future Flight Technologies – the Wings of NextGen" is the theme of the Federal Aviation Administration’s 2009 New Technologies Workshop. Registration and exhibit…

By Inside GNSS


July 29, 2009
U.S. Congress Working on 2010 Appropriations for Loran-C and eLoran as GPS Backup

Enhanced Loran (eLoran) has survived through multiple generations of official ambivalence about the proposed backup for the U.S. Global Positioning System. Currently, the…

By Inside GNSS


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