Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Partners SpacePNT and European Engineering and Consultancy (EECL) have delivered the final presentation of the European Space Agency (ESA)-funded ‘Earth Moon GNSS Spaceborne Receiver For In-Orbit Demonstration’ project, the aim of which was to develop and qualify a GNSS spaceborne receiver called NaviMoon for lunar applications.
By Peter Gutierrez
The National Standards Authority of Ireland’s National Metrology Laboratory (NSAI NML) has announced the launch of a verified GPS/GNSS Data Stream (VGDS) service, an extension to the National Timing Grid of Ireland.
By Inside GNSS
Adtran announced that its Oscilloquartz team of network synchronization specialists has demonstrated the robust capabilities of the OSA aPNT+™ platform, its assured positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solution, at Jammertest 2024 in Norway.
By Inside GNSS
LabSat has announced that even those who missed Jammertest 2024—the largest open GNSS resilience test in the world—can still assess how their GNSS receiver would have performed in this high-stakes environment.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency-funded DANGO project has developed a method for transforming Galileo high-accuracy service (HAS) signals for use in the Danish national reference frame (ETRS89DK).
By Peter Gutierrez
Headquartered in Milan, Italy, Stonex is a supplier of GNSS receivers and advanced surveying technologies. The company showed off some of its more recent solutions at InterGEO 2024 in Stuttgart.
By Peter Gutierrez
Juniper Systems has introduced a simple but ingenious device, the Geode Grip. It is basically a mounting bracket to which users can attach a GNSS receiver and a smartphone or tablet data collection device, ergonomically designed to be held easily in one hand.
By Peter Gutierrez
Maryland-based GNSS antenna manufacturer Maxtena is working on a new anti-jamming, anti-spoofing solution. Speaking at InterGEO 2024 in Stuttgart, Maxtena Antenna Engineer Leo Vincelj told Inside GNSS, “Right now we’re developing our own CRPA [controlled reception pattern antenna], based on a two-by-two patch plan.” CRPAs are specifically designed to reject interference signals like those used in jamming and spoofing attacks.
By Peter Gutierrez
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.
By Peter Gutierrez
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recently launched two Galileo satellites from the Kennedy Space Center into medium Earth orbit (MEO).
By Inside GNSS
A look at the performance of the Galileo E1-B Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) in various scenarios, elucidating its logic and workflow and shedding light on its functionality and intended purpose.
By Inside GNSS
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.
By Peter Gutierrez
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.
By Peter Gutierrez
