Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Some of the specific technical issues behind the latest delay for Galileo’s first full operational capability (FOC) satellites have already been reported. The story, as it is told, generally starts with a late navigation payload delivery by British firm Surrey Satellite Technology to the German prime contractor, OHB. Next, OHB ran into issues with the payload and the platform, further stretching out the timeline.
By Peter Gutierrez
The Presidential Palace in Hanoi, VietnamThe fifth Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS will take place at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam from December 1-3, 2013.
Registration has closed.
The December 1 GNSS Tutorial Session will be "GNSS Positioning Technology".
On December 2 and 3, sessions will be devoted to GNSS applications, a group discussion on the technologies and results of the Multi-GNSS Demonstration experiment and a demonstration of emergency information distribution during disaster using GNSS.
By Inside GNSS
In major step toward enabling unmanned aircraft to operate freely in the U.S. the federal government released a set of plans Thursday (November 7, 2013)on how it plans to integrate unmanned aerial systems (UAS) into the national airspace, including a policy to help protect the privacy of those living near drone test sites.
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The Institute of Navigation’s 2014 International Technical Meeting will take place January 27, 28 and 29 at the Catamaran Resort and Spa in San Diego, California.
The plenary session topics include:
The technical sessions address:
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The nearby Tampa Theatre. The 1926 movie palace still plays its Wurlitzer organ before showsThis will be the 27th international technical meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation. It is the world’s largest and oldest GNSS conference, founded in 1987 as the ION GPS conference.
The conference is now called ION GNSS+ to highlight its expanded emphasis on GNSS and the rapidly evolving field of alternative navigation methods.
By Inside GNSS
A cloud-based solution for analyzing and visualizing athletic training data on mobile devices has won this year’s European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC).
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Piazza Goldoni, Trieste, ItalyThe second session of Training EGNOS GNSS in Africa (TREGA), "GNSS Systems and Applications" and "Service Provision, User Support and Promotion of EGNOS Use in Africa," will take place at the Abdus Salam International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste, Italy beginning January 20, 2013.
Attendance is open to participants from African or European countries. The application deadline is November 1, 2013.
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The 2013 International Symposium on Precision Approach and Performance Based Navigation will be held at the Maritim proArte Hotel in Berlin, Germany on October 23 – 24, 2013.
The symposium will focus on aircraft approaches and performance based navigation, including approaches using standalone GPS, technological aspects such as GNSS, augmentation systems, radio navigation, and new and emerging navigation services.
By Inside GNSS
The fourth international colloquium on scientific and fundamental aspects of the Galileo program will take place at the Ministry of Transport in Prague, Czech Republic from December 4-6, 2013.
Online registration is open. Early registration ends November 1, 2013. Abstract submission has ended.
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As engineers painstakingly work their way through tests of the first full operational capability (FOC) Galileo satellite at the European Space Agency’s European Space Research and Technology Center (ESA/ESTEC) in Noordwijk, The Netherlands, European space sources have acknowledged that the new-generation spacecraft’s maiden voyage will not occur until December 28, and even that date looks highly unlikely.
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After skipping a year, the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit will reconvene on March 25, 26 and 27 in Der Residenz, München in Bavaria. The 2014 event will include a parallel track on Copernicus, the European Commision’s Earth Observation Program. Registration is now open at the web address below.
The opening plenary panel at 5 p.m. on Tuesday will discuss "GNSS-New Challenges."
The technical program will cover:
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