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March 16, 2011

EGNOS Activates Safety of Life Service

On March 2, ESSP (the European Satellite Services Provider) declared the safety-of-life (SoL) signal from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) officially available for use by aviation, following European Commission (EC) authorization to provide the service.

Similar to the U.S. Federal Aviation (FAA) Administration’s Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS), EGNOS transmits real-time corrections to GPS signals over a large expanse of Europe and north Africa.

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March 13, 2011

Register Early for European Space Agency’s 2011 GNSS Summer School

The 2011 International Summer School on GNSS will take place July 20 to July 30 at the GATE facility in Berchtesgaden, Germany. GATE is the German Galileo Test and Development Environment that opened in February.

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March 12, 2011

ICG-6: Sixth Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS

The International Committee on GNSS (ICG), is a voluntary United Nations–backed association that brings together GNSS and augmentation providers — including the United States, Russia, European Union, China, India, and Japan — and associate members representing key user communities.

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European Union GNSS Receiver Workshop

A two-day workshop on GNSS receivers will take place at the Geospatial Building at the University of Nottingham Innovation Park on April 14 and 15, 2011.

In addition to talks by GNSS experts, the workshop features product demonstrations, using the test facilitiies at GRACE, the GNSS Research and Applications Center of Excellence. These include GPS and Galileo full constellation Spirent simulator, signal record and replay devices and the roof-based fixed test track designed for dynamic research and testing.

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March 11, 2011

European Union GNSS Receiver Workshop 2011

The 2011 EU GNSS Receiver Workshop will take place at the University of Nottingham’s Geospatial Building on April 14 and 15.

In addition to talks, the event features project demonstrations that make use of the GNSS Research and Applications Center of Excellence (GRACE) test facilities. These include a GPS and Galileo full constellation Spirent simulator, signal record and replay devices and the roof-based fixed test track designed for dynamic research and testing.

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Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Program

The third international colloquium on scientific and fundamental aspects of the Galileo program will take place at the Danish Design Center in Copenhagen, Denmark from August 31-September 2, 2011.

The deadline for receiving paper abstracts has been extended until April 15, 2011 and may be submitted online.

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GlobalGEO/ International Geomatic Week

The GlobalGEO Fair will take place in the Monjuic Venue, Hall 6 at Fira de Barcelona exhibition center in Barcelona, Spain from March 15 to March 17.

The fair features the latest products for GPS navigation, 3D mapping, geographic information systems, photogrammetry, teledetection, geodesics, topography, satellite navigation, intelligent transport systems and communications.

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March 2, 2011

Beihang Authors Suggest TMBOC Design for China’s Compass B1 Civil Signal

Despite the fact that China’s rapidly developing global navigation satellite system now has seven spacecraft in orbit intermittently broadcasting test signals, it is the only GNSS provider that has not yet published a draft version of its interface control document (ICD), although one has reportedly been completed for more than a year.

Against that background, any new source of information about the directions of the Compass design — official, semi-official, or other — draws special attention.

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February 25, 2011

ESA Conducts Europe-Wide Galileo Satellite Launch Dress Rehearsal

Europe’s GNSS system is still six months away from first launch of its in-orbit validation (IOV) spacecraft, but one Galileo satellite has already been put through its paces, taking center stage in a Europe-wide exercise conducted recently by the European Space Agency (ESA).

The satellite in question never left the confines of its Thales Alenia Space (TAS) integration facility in Rome, Italy, but was connected to a distant trio of control centers during the nine-day System Compatibility Test Campaign (SCTC-1), which began on January 25.

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January 25, 2011

EC Names DG-Enterprise Deputy Director to Handle Satellite Navigation Programs

The European Commission (EC) has appointed a new deputy director in the Directorate-General for Enterprise and Industry, who will have among his responsibilities overseeing the three units responsible for Galileo and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).

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January 18, 2011

Galileo Mid-Term Review Foresees €1.9 Billion in Additional Costs

A European Commission (EC) communication sent to the European Parliament and European Council today (January 18, 2011) estimates that completing a fully operational capability (FOC), 30-satellite Galileo system and the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) will cost an additional €1.9 billion above the €3.4 billion already allocated.

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OHB-System “Suspends” CEO over WikiLeaks Galileo Comments

Berry Smutny has become the first GNSS casualty in the WikiLeaks war.

The CEO of OHB-System AG was suspended on Monday (January 17, 2011) "with immediate effect," according to the company.

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January 16, 2011

OHB-System Disclaims Wikileaks Report of CEO Comments on Galileo

OHB-System AG, builder of Galileo navigation satellites, has issued a statement from its chairman denying a WikiLeaks report that the German company’s CEO had told U.S. embassy officials that the European GNSS program was a “stupid idea” and “a waste of EU tax payers money.”

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Register Early for European Space Agency’s 2011 GNSS Summer School

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European Union GNSS Receiver Workshop

European Union GNSS Receiver Workshop 2011

Scientific and Fundamental Aspects of the Galileo Program

GlobalGEO/ International Geomatic Week

Beihang Authors Suggest TMBOC Design for China’s Compass B1 Civil Signal

ESA Conducts Europe-Wide Galileo Satellite Launch Dress Rehearsal

EC Names DG-Enterprise Deputy Director to Handle Satellite Navigation Programs

Galileo Mid-Term Review Foresees €1.9 Billion in Additional Costs

OHB-System “Suspends” CEO over WikiLeaks Galileo Comments

OHB-System Disclaims Wikileaks Report of CEO Comments on Galileo