Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
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Cape Canaveral and Plesetsk
√ [updated April 1] After three delays, a single GLONASS-M satellite will go up from Plesetsk space center on April 26. The United States will send up SVN66, the fourth GPSIIF satellite— on an Atlas V launcher for the first time—during the early evening of May 15. It had been delayed from March.
Europe’s new age of satellite navigation has passed a historic milestone — the very first determina-tion of a ground location using the four Galileo satellites currently in orbit together with their ground facilities.
This fundamental step confirms the Galileo system works as planned.
By Inside GNSS
This practical workshop targets professionals in the aviation sector and others interested in GNSS. It will take place on May 6 and 7 in San Salvador, El Salvador.
It is sponsored by the Central America Organization for Aerial
Navigation Services and the Galileo Information Center for Latin
America.
The topics are:
By Inside GNSS
SASGI 2013 will take place at the Emperors Palace in Gauteng, South Africa on July 22, 23 and 24. The theme is Geospatial Solutions for National Development Planning.
This is the annual South African conference of surveying, geo-informatics, GIS, mapping, remote sensing and location-based business.
The conference is wide-ranging and will cover:
By Inside GNSS
With the 10th edition of the European Satellite Navigation Competition (ESNC) set to begin on April 1, 2013, competition organizers are inviting submission of innovative GNSS application ideas.
By Inside GNSS
eCall is the European Union (EU) initiative aimed at reducing road casualties by increasing the speed and efficiency of emergency response. It involves a device installed in cars that will automatically dial the EU’s “112” emergency phone number in the event of a serious road accident.
Key data including time, date, and GNSS coordinates will be sent to the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) and then relayed to the most appropriate emergency service. The eCall is triggered by airbag deployment and impact sensor information.
By Peter Gutierrez
Two European organizations announced successful positioning results yesterday (March 12, 2013) using signals from the four Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites.
The NavSAS group of Politecnico di Torino and Instituto Superiore Mario Boella in Turin, Italy, obtained its first Galileo autonomous position using signals from the Protoflight Model (PFM) and three Flight Model space vehicles (FM2, FM3, FM4), which have started transmitting valid navigation messages.
By Inside GNSS
This course on modern GNSS, positioning and timing applications takes pace at Aalborg University in Denmark from noon on May 15 until noon at May 17.
Thee free three-day program is open to doctoral students working in GNSS or related areas at a European university.
The lecturers and topics are:
By Inside GNSS
GRACE 2013 is a GNSS technology and applications showcase sponsored by the GNSS Research and Application Centre of Excellence at the University of Nottingham.
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) has announced a key milestone today (March 12, 2013) in the development of Europe’s GNSS program: the first determination of a ground location using the four Galileo satellites currently in orbit together with the system’s ground infrastructure.
This fundamental step confirms the Galileo system works as planned, according to ESA scientists.
By Inside GNSS
Working Papers explore the
technical and scientific themes that underpin GNSS programs and
applications. This regular column is coordinated by Prof. Dr.-Ing. Günter Hein, head of Europe’s Galileo Operations and Evolution.
The navigation world is booming with new ideas at the moment to meet some of the greatest positioning challenges of our times. To realize demanding applications — such as reliable pedestrian navigation, lane identification, and robustness against interference, jamming and spoofing — we need to bring these different ideas together.
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) will sponsor a half-day workshop on GNSS for the regional business community at GSA headquarters, Janovkeho 438, in Prague at 8:30 a.m. on March 27.
The workshop is part of an effort to engage small and medium-sized enterprises from the Czech Republic in opportunities offered by the EU’s space programs.
In addition to SME’s, the audiece will include larger industries, representatives of foreign companies established in the Czech Republic and the press.
The agenda includes:
By Inside GNSS
