GNSS (all systems)

July 27, 2016

Jackson Labs Launches Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillators

A First-to-Market Galileo Update for Numerous JLT Products Allows Concurrent Operation of GPS/Glonass/BeiDou With the New Galileo Satellite Navigation System — Improving Performance and Reliability

Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc. (JLT), a designer and manufacturer GNSS, timing and frequency equipment, has announced several new products with full support for Europe’s Galileo system, including a Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillator (GNSDO) and a free software retrofit that adds Galileo functionality to existing products.

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By Inside GNSS
July 20, 2016

Cancelled: COSPAR 2016

Istanbul Congress Center (ICC)

The 41st scientific assembly of COSPAR, the Committee On Space Research, originally scheduled from July 30 – August 7, 2016, at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, due to the recent attempted coup by factions of the Turkish army.

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By Inside GNSS

Spirent’s Positioning Technology Unit Receives RIN’s Navigation Award for Technical Achievement

Eric Hutchinson, Spirent’s Chief Executive Officer, (left) receives the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Duke of Edinburgh Navigation Award for Technical Achievement from the Institute’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh (right). Looking on is the President of the RIN, Captain James Taylor OBE RN.

Spirent’s Positioning Technology Unit Receives RIN’s Navigation Award for Technical Achievement
 
Spirent Communications plc’s Positioning Technology Unit was presented with the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Duke of Edinburgh Navigation Award for Technical Achievement at a ceremony in London, England, yesterday (July 19, 2016).
 

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By Inside GNSS
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July 19, 2016

GNSS Hotspots | July 2016

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder.
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

1. CARTOON FRENZY
Absolutely Everywhere, The World

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By Inside GNSS
July 17, 2016

Jade Morton: The Long and Scintillating Road

Jade Morton, in the front row at the right, with her sisters and grandmother

>>Jade Morton’s Compass Points

Yu — or Jade, in English — Morton is an electrical engineer, a professor at Colorado State University (bound for the University of Colorado Boulder in 2017), and a shining star in the world of GNSS. She left work for eight years to be a full-time mother, then returned to a university professorship and high-level research, where she has been recognized for her work on ionospheric effects on global navigation satellite systems.

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By Inside GNSS
July 8, 2016

Department of Transportation Calls for More Testing of GPS/GNSS Receivers for Adjacent Band Compatibility

DoT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Gregory Winfree

A Federal Register notice published on July 7, 2016 announced Department of Transportation (DoT) plans to conduct additional testing of GPS/GNSS receivers this month as part of  their Adjacent Band Compatibility (ABC) Study. The notice was issued by DoT Assistant Secretary for Research and Technology Gregory Winfree.

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By Inside GNSS

2016 PNT Symposium at Stanford

The Stanford Center for Positioning, Navigation and Timing and the Marconi Society jointly sponsor the 10th Annual PNT Symposium at Stanford on November 1, 2 and 3. It will take place at the Kavli and Panofsky Auditoriums at the Stanford National Accelerator Laboratory in Menlo Park.

A highlight of this year’s event is the awarding of the Marconi Prize to Brad Parkinson, Stanford professor emeritus, for his contributions to the development of GPS.

Attendance is by invitation.

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By Inside GNSS
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July 6, 2016

Spirent Announces New GNSS Simulator

GSS7000

Spirent Communications has launched the GSS7000 series of multi-frequency, multi-GNSS RF constellation simulators.

The GSS7000 series emulates all civil GNSS systems and regional augmentation systems, and allows devices to be tested under a multitude of operating environments and error conditions. According to Spirent, the GSS7000 has the flexibility to reconfigure satellite constellations, channels and frequencies between test runs or test cases. Four software control variants are offered: SimTEST, SimREPLAY, SimREPLAYplus, and SimGEN.

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By Inside GNSS

New Royal Institute of Navigation Honors for Terry Moore

University of Nottingham Professor Terry Moore

Terry Moore, director of the Nottingham Geospatial Institute (NGI) at the University of Nottingham, will receive the J. E. D. Williams Medal on July 19 for his significant and varied contributions to the Royal Institute of Navigation (UK), in particular his leading role in staging its major conferences.

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By Inside GNSS
July 5, 2016

The International GNSS Monitoring and Assessment Service

Contemporary times have seen an increase in the number of navigation satellites across various geographical regions. In order to ensure that all these satellite systems work together to optimize the positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) of users on or near the Earth’s surface there is need for inter-cooperation and inter-operability of the systems.

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By Inside GNSS
June 15, 2016

Trimble Dimensions 2016

The 2016 Trimble Dimensions user conference and exhibition will take place at the Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas on November 7, 8 and 9.

The annual event gathers users of Trimble’s products including positioning technology for unmanned systems as well as mapping, GIS, surveying, photgrammetry and remote sensing and other technologies of interest to readers of Inside GNSS.

Four hundred and fifty technical sessions and networking events give attendees an opportunity to network widely within and among industry groups.

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By Inside GNSS
May 29, 2016

GNSS Hotspots | May 2019

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder.
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

Electronic Throwaways, Space X Wins, Drones at Sea and Shaking It Up

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By Inside GNSS
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