Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
IET Headquarters, LondonThe Institution of Engineering and Technology’s April seminar on Galileo and GNSS includes what organizers call a "rare chance" to hear the UK government’s point of view on key challenges and funding of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system over the next twelve months.
By Inside GNSS
The UK Institution of Engineering and Technology will sponsor a one-day seminar on Galileo and GNSS on Thursday, April 29 at the IET headquarters on the Thames Embankment, Savoy Place, London.The event runs from 9 A.M. to 5 P.M.
Speakers include GNSS experts EADS Astrium, Helios, Roke Manor Research Ltd, SSTL, Logica and University College London.
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From left, Johann Furthner, Walter Päffgen (managing director of Galileo Control Center), and Steffen ThölertUp close and personal, the curved aluminum antenna dish at Weilheim — painted white and aimed vaguely skyward, with a big Krupp corporate logo on the front — looked a lot bigger than 30 meters across. And when we climbed up the steel stairs to the platform half-way up the dish, the ground looked a lot further away than 20 meters.
And that was before Peter, overseeing the DLR facility this late winter afternoon, flipped the switch and set the antenna in motion — 240 degrees each direction horizontally, 90 degrees in the vertical.
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European Satellite Navigation Competition Awards 2009The European Satellite Navigation Competition (Galileo Masters), now in its seventh year, is seeking the best ideas for satellite navigation applications from companies, entrepreneurs, research institutes, universities, and individuals. Prizes total more than €500,000.
The 2010 contest begins on May 1, when competitors may register and submit their ideas online at the secure ESNC website. It closes on July 31.
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Photo: Wikimedia Commons, User:Mattos You walk past the dual-lion statue (pictured at right) as you enter a passage way from Odeonplatz to der Residenz, site of the just-concluded 8th Munich Satellite Navigation Summit.
There are actually four of these placed along a street paralleling the massive museum complex, and long-time Munich residents reach up to pat or rub the nose of the small leonine visage at the bottom of the shield — a gesture designed to bring good luck.
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Paul Verhoef, GNSS Programs Manager, European CommissionAt this week’s (March 9–11) Munich Satellite Navigation Summit, Galileo program officials — public and private — acknowledged that it faces delays at both ends of its latest schedule.
At the near end, the lead contractor for the Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites that it is building with a consortium of companies said the first IOV will not launch in 2010 as per the most recent schedule. Instead, said Mike Healy, director of navigation for EADS Astrium, the satellite will not be ready for launch until probably February 2011.
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Capt. Peter Chapman-AndrewsPeter Chapman-Andrews replaced David Broughton as director of Britain’s Royal Institute of Navigation in January. He will be the fourth director since RIN was founded in 1947.
Chapman is a graduate of Britannia Royal Naval College, Dartmouth. He served as Queen’s Harbor Master, Portsmouth, and as fleet navigation officer on the staff of CinC fleet. He also served as aircraft director officer, principal warfare officer, navigation officer and ship’s commander during his career in the Royal Navy. He retired in 2004 with the rank of captain.
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TÜV SÜD, an independent third-party certifier, has awarded IFEN GmbH an official certificate affirming the conformance of IFEN’s NavX-NCS GNSS RF navigation constellation simulator with the Galileo Open Signal Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD).
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The 2010 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit is now going on at the Residenz München in Munich, Germany from March 9 to 11.
For the Inside GNSS take on the event, read "Munich Summit Asks Where GNSS is Going."
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Read the GSA Article (Feb.1, 2010 ): See, Touch and Learn at Brussels Satellite Navigation Event
Galileo Application Days take place at the Charlemagne Conference
Center from Wednesday, March 3 through Friday, March 5, 2010. Admission
is free with online registration.
Aerial view of ESA-ESTEC facility at Noordwijk, The Netherlands. ESA photo by A. Van Der GeestRené Oosterlinck, the European Space Agency’s director of the Galileo program and navigation-related activities, and company representative signed the first three contracts for the Galileo full operational capability (FOC) phase on January 26. The event marks the official start of building the Galileo operational infrastructure.
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GIOVE_A under constructionSurrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL) has restructured its business, forming two new business units to manage its activities.
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The 14th Meeting of the APEC Global Navigation Satellite System Implementation Team will be held at the Marriott Renaissance Hotel in Seattle, Washington USA from June 21-24, 2010.
Registration is open online at the web address below.
The last meeting held in Singapore tabled a draft strategy for 2010-15 that emphasized intermodal GNSS transportation applications. It will also serve as the focus of the Seattle meeting.
By Inside GNSS
