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September 26, 2024

ESA Lunar Navigation Update

The Lunar Pathfinder (LP) satellite has entered its integration and testing phase, to be completed by the end of this year (2024). Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), LP will provide communications services in the lunar orbit.

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By Peter Gutierrez
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September 13, 2024

EGNOS Safety of Life Updates

The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) has released its new Service Definition Document (SDD) v3.6 for the Safety of Life (SoL) service for aviation. The new document outlines and describes several changes designed to improve the precision, reliability, and safety of EGNOS satellite navigation-based operations.

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By Peter Gutierrez
September 12, 2024

French Partners Launch GNSS Reflectometry Study

In the summer of 2024, France’s Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO), working in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES) and Toulouse-based geolocation specialists M3 Systems, launched an airborne data collection campaign leveraging GNSS reflectometry to estimate forest biomass and soil moisture.

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By Peter Gutierrez
September 11, 2024

Roke Develops Miniature eLORAN Antenna

The long-range navigation (LORAN) system, introduced during World War II, continues its ascent as a potential complement to GNSS services, especially in indoor, urban and underground scenarios. The UK-based Roke company, with support from the European Space Agency (ESA), is working to bring enhanced LORAN (eLORAN) to a broader user base, developing a miniaturized eLORAN antenna for portable and even hand-held devices.

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By Peter Gutierrez
September 10, 2024

Jammertest 2024 On Track in Norway

GNSS jamming trials are being carried out on the Island of Andøya, in Northwestern Norway, during Jammertest 2024. The event features both  simple and sophisticated, staged spoofing and jamming attacks, allowing participants to identify potential strengths and weaknesses in their GNSS-based systems.

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By Peter Gutierrez
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August 6, 2024

ESA Addresses Radio-Navigation Commemoration

On 30 July 2024, European navigators commemorated the 90th anniversary of Guglielmo Marconi’s first demonstration of microwave-guided navigation. In the Bay of Silence, off Sestri Levante, Italy, the historic vessel Leudo performed a blind navigation maneuver, crossing the space delimited by two buoys, guided by radio impulses transmitted from the shore. The operation was, in effect, a reenactment of radio pioneer Marconi’s demonstration of 30 July 1934.

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By Peter Gutierrez
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