Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
A free virtual workshop sponsored by GMV and ESA will be held on the 12th March between 09:30 and 12:00 (see registration details below) to broadcast the achievements of GINTO5G project.
By Inside GNSS
Spaceopal has signed a contract for the development of the reference algorithm for the users of the Galileo High Accuracy service (HAS) and for a full-fledged user terminal.
By Inside GNSS
Two Galileo satellites launched in 2014 by a Soyuz rocket into erroneous orbits, which had been briefly set healthy late last year, have now been removed from service.
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) selected Eutelsat Communications for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) GEO-4 service.
By Inside GNSS
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration in partnership with the Italian Space Agency will position the moon starting in 2023. The two agencies plan to land the Lunar GNSS Receiver Experiment (LuGRE) on the Moon’s Mare Crisium basin. There, LuGRE is expected to obtain the first GNSS fix on the lunar surface.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency officially announced testing of Galileo’s Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) in its signal-in-space, allowing the first OSNMA-protected position fix to be successfully computed. This is the first-ever transmission of authentication features in open signals of a GNSS.
By Inside GNSS
Development of military Galileo user equipment (MGUE, a new variant) got underway on February 8 with the kick-0ff meeting in Brussels of the Galileo for EU Defence (GEODE) project.
By Inside GNSS
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg suspended the signing of the €1.47 billion Galileo contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space, after OHB SE, the losing bidder, filed a suit contesting the award.
By Inside GNSS
On March 3 a Galileo Performance Workshop, open to anyone interested in GNSS and led by the European GNSS Agency (GSA), will offer an in-depth analysis of the performance of the Galileo constellation and signals and how they are evaluated for users.
By Inside GNSS
The European Navigation Conference and the Royal Institute of Navigation’s (RIN’s) International Navigation Conference are one and the same in 2021. They convene jointly and virtually as Navigation 2021, from November 15 to 18.
By Inside GNSS
GSA Executive Director Rodrigo da Costa speaks to Inside GNSS about the transition into a new European Space Program Agency, EUSPA, and the new responsibilities that will bring to his staff.
By Peter Gutierrez The European Commission awarded two contracts for 12 satellites — 6 satellites each — for a total of EUR €1.47 billion to ThalesAleniaSpace (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) following an “open competition.”
By Inside GNSS
TeleOrbit GmbH of Nuremberg, Germany, announced that it has implemented testing capability for Galileo’s Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) aboard the company’s GNSS Receiver with Open Software Interface (GOOSE).
By Inside GNSS