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European Commission GSA Sign Agreement on Galileo Service Provision
October 9, 2014

European Commission GSA Sign Agreement on Galileo Service Provision

GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides

The European GNSS Agency (GSA) and the European Commission (EC) have concluded an agreement that delegates a range of exploitation tasks for Galileo to the GSA, providing a framework and budget for the development of services and operations through 2021.

The signing of the Galileo Exploitation Delegation Agreement serves as an initial step towards the full Galileo Exploitation Phase.

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UAVs at INTERGEO: Applanix, Others Announce GNSS-Guided Systems
October 8, 2014

UAVs at INTERGEO: Applanix, Others Announce GNSS-Guided Systems

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are getting a lot of attention this week at the INTERGEO conference and exhibition in Berlin, Germany, where a special session on Tuesday (October 7, 2014), “UAVs in Practice,” focused on their use in airborne surveying and mapping, environmental monitoring, and other commercial or civil applications.

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Arianespace Inquiry Identifies Source of Galileo Launch Anomaly; Next Attempt Could Come in December

Arianespace Inquiry Identifies Source of Galileo Launch Anomaly; Next Attempt Could Come in December

In a report issued Tuesday (October 7, 2014), an Independent Inquiry Board formed to analyze the cause of the August 22 launch anomaly that placed two Galileo into the wrong orbits has concluded that frozen fuel lines caused a misfiring of attitude control thrusters on the launcher’s Fregat module.

According to the report, the problem can be remedied on the rockets in time for another launch in December, much sooner than some observers had speculated.

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IFCS/EFTF 2015: IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum
October 6, 2014

IFCS/EFTF 2015: IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium and European Frequency and Time Forum

Denver Millennium Bridge at the end of the 16th Street Mall.

The biennial Joint Conference of the IEEE International Frequency Control Symposium (IFCS) and European Frequency Time Forum (EFTF) will be held at The Colorado Convention Center in Denver, Colorado, USA on April 12 -16, 2015.

The deadline for abstracts is January 9, 2015. Online submission is open.

Among the sessions for the IFCS/EFTF working group, Group 5 is of particular interest to readers of Inside GNSS. It covers:

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A Learning Experience
September 27, 2014

A Learning Experience

My favorite bumper sticker this month: “Oh, no! Not another learning experience!”

After 20 years of putting together a European GNSS program, disappointment over the skewed launch of the first fully operational Galileo satellites is palpable and widely felt. For end users, it is uniformly bad news, and no system provider that sincerely wants to achieve interoperability and robustness in a system of GNSS systems can relish the European program’s current difficulties.

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FAA Begins Opening Airspace to Unmanned Aircraft as NextGen, ADS-B Draw Fresh Scrutiny
September 26, 2014

FAA Begins Opening Airspace to Unmanned Aircraft as NextGen, ADS-B Draw Fresh Scrutiny

Aviation officials Thursday (September 25, 2014) for the first time approved the use of unmanned aircraft for commercial filming in the United States, opening the door to what is expected to be a slow-building gold rush to the skies.

Six companies received exemptions from the existing rules, which generally ban the commercial use of unmanned aerial systems or UAS. The exemptions were granted to RC Pro Productions Consulting LLC dba Vortex Aerial, Aerial MOB LLC, Astraeus Aeria, HeliVideo Productions LLC, Pictorvision Inc., and Snaproll Media LLC.

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GNSS & Geodesy
September 24, 2014

GNSS & Geodesy

Gerald Mader, National Geodetic Survey

In August, a group of scientists at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography reported that the severe drought gripping the western United States in recent years is causing a “uplift” in the western United States.

About the same time, governmental agencies were reporting widespread cases of land subsidence in California’s central San Joaquin Valley caused by overpumping of water from wells there.

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Satellite Masters Conference
September 22, 2014

Satellite Masters Conference

The first Satellite Masters Conference will cover space-based business applications for Copernicus and Galileo in Europe. It will take place on October 23 and 24 at the German Federal Ministry of Transport and Digital Infrastructure (BMVI).

The event is free, but registration before October 10 is required.

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Sensonor Upgrades MEMS IMU; STIM300 Featured in NovAtel, Norbit Systems
September 20, 2014

Sensonor Upgrades MEMS IMU; STIM300 Featured in NovAtel, Norbit Systems

Sidescan image of Norbit Seahorse

Sensonor has announced new features for its STIM300, a small, lightweight micro-electro-mechanical system (MEMS) inertial measurement unit (IMU) that provides non-GPS–aided positioning in multiple domains.

The STIM300 — which can be used underwater, on land and sea, and in aeronautic and astronautic applications — now has real-time g-compensation in al axes and supports rates of up to 2000 degrees/second.

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NovAtel’s Purves to Head Hexagon’s Veripos Operations

NovAtel’s Purves to Head Hexagon’s Veripos Operations

Graham Purves, new Veripos CEO

In his role as president of Hexagon Positioning Intelligence, Michael Ritter has announced the appointment Graham Purves as president & CEO of Veripos, effective September 9.

“Graham has amassed a tremendous level of experience in all aspects of our industry during his over 25 years at NovAtel,” said Ritter, who also serves as president and CEO of the Calgary, Canada–based NovAtel Inc. “This experience and especially his dexterity for sales, marketing, and business development are ideal prerequisites for this next step in his career.”

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Falling Prices Will Spur Innovation, Competition in High-Precision GNSS Market
September 18, 2014

Falling Prices Will Spur Innovation, Competition in High-Precision GNSS Market

The high-precision GNSS industry should expect to see industry consolidation and a scramble for new markets and innovations as prices for high-end chips and modules continue to slide, experts told attendees at a ION GNSS+ panel discussion in Tampa, Florida, last week (September 11, 2014).

The falling prices could strain R&D budgets, they noted, but could also create opportunity as high-end receivers come within reach of emerging industries like self-driving cars, unmanned aerial vehicles, and are even incorporated into consumer products.

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