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October 31, 2010

Galileo Operations Contract, EGNOS SoL Service Move Ahead

At European Space Policy Conference: From left, Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA Director General, Mercedes Bresso, President of the European Committee of the Regions, Vittori Prodi, Member of the European Parliament. ESA photo – S. Corvaja, 2010

Amid continuing debate over how to handle budgetary shortfalls in building a European GNSS, the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a €194 million ($270.5 million) contract on October 25 with Spaceopal to provide space- and ground-based services to operate the Galileo constellation once it has been fully deployed.

By Inside GNSS

October 30, 2010

ABI Research: Mobile Phone GPS Navigation Grows Substantially But PNDs Still on Top

ABI Research says that a recent survey revealed that, although portable navigation devices (PNDs) remain the most used form factor, the number of mobile phones with navigation software in the car is growing substantially in the United States, up to 24 percent this year from 19 percent in 2009.

By Inside GNSS

October 12, 2010

OlinkStar Offers GNSS Products Using Current Compass/Beidou-2 Signals

OlinkStar CC100-BG Beidou-GPS module

Despite the absence of official published specifications for China’s Compass/Beidou-2, a number of GNSS companies have announced plans to build Compass-capable receivers — in some cases “future-proofing” their products so as to be upgradeable when a Beidou-2 Interface Control Document becomes available.

By Inside GNSS

October 11, 2010

Trimble Acquires Terralite Line from Novariant

Trimble has acquired the Terralite assets from Novariant, Inc., to expand the Sunnyvale, California–based company’s portfolio of positioning solutions.

By Inside GNSS

October 5, 2010

GAO on GPS (Again): Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist

A new report on the GPS program from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) finds the situation considerably improved from last year, when its prediction of a significant risk of the satellite constellation falling below 24 satellites set off alarms in Congress and among the user community.

By Inside GNSS

September 30, 2010

Raytheon Completes GPS OCX Integrated Baseline Review

The U.S. Air Force and the Raytheon Company team developing the GPS Advanced Control Segment (OCX) has successfully completed an integrated baseline review (IBR) for the next-generation system on schedule.

By Inside GNSS

Senate Committee Approves 2011 GPS Appropriations

Recent action by the U.S. Senate Appropriations Committee has advanced a Fiscal Year 2011 (FY11) Defense spending bill (S. 3800) that essentially accepts the GPS elements of President Obama’s budget proposal, including $40.9 million for the high-integrity GPS (HIGPS) demonstration project.

By Inside GNSS

September 16, 2010

ION 2011 International Technical Meeting

Catamaran Hotel, San Diego

The Institute of Navigation International Technical Meeting (ITM) will take place January 24-26 at the Catamaran Hotel on Mission Bay in San Diego California.

Paul Kline of Honeywell Aerospace is the general chair. Jade Morton of Miami University, Ohio, is the program chair.

"Robotics Navigation" is the plenary session topic. Invited speakers will discuss current trends and future technologies that support navigation for surveillance, search and rescue, undergound and underwater robotics and unmanned air vehicles.

By Inside GNSS

Tanegashima space center control room.jpg

September 11, 2010

“Michibiki,” Japan’s First QZSS Navigation Satellite, Reaches Quasi-Zenith Orbit

QZSS satellite separaes from the launcher (photo by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries)

(UPDATED September 27) Japan’s first quasi-zenith satellite launched successfully from the Tanegashima space center on September 11, 2010 and reached its quasi-zenith orbit on Monday, September 27.

Michibiki means to guide or lead the way, appropriate for the first entry into Japan’s satellite augmentation program that will vastly improve GNSS accuracy over Japan and the rest of East Asia.

By Inside GNSS

September 10, 2010

Oregon: More GPS Product Design and GNSS-related Industry Here Than You May Think

The Portland skyline with a GPSIIF satellite is featured in the Inside GNSS booth at ION GNSS 2010

by Glen Gibbons

Few would mistake Oregon for the beating heart of GNSS. Still, for a medium-sized U.S. metro area in the Pacific Northwest, Portland and Oregon’s I-5 corridor has enough relevant involvement with the industry to justify hosting the Institute of Navigation’s 2010 GNSS conference and exhibition.

Oregon has FLIR Systems, Cloud Cap Technology, TriQuint, Intel, Garmin and Inside GNSS magazine.

By Inside GNSS

September 9, 2010

NaviForum Shanghai: U.S. Seeks Bilateral Talks with China on GNSS

Anthony Russo, director of the U.S. National Coordination Office (NCO) for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)

The United States brought a strong message that it is pursuing a new direction in GNSS relations with China in presentations at the 2010 NaviForum in Shanghai last week.

By Inside GNSS

September 7, 2010

When GNSS Goes Blind

A completely GPS-based navigation solution is generally not feasible in GNSS signal–challenged environments such as urban canyons. However, even in these difficult environments a partial set of GPS signal measurements may still be available. For instance, one or two satellites are generally still visible even in dense urban canyons.

By Inside GNSS

September 4, 2010

U.S. Space Lead Slipping, New Report Says

The United States remains the current leader in space competitiveness, but its relative position is eroding in the face of increased funding, streamlined policy, and industrial improvements in other space-faring nations.

By Inside GNSS

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Galileo Operations Contract, EGNOS SoL Service Move Ahead

ABI Research: Mobile Phone GPS Navigation Grows Substantially But PNDs Still on Top

OlinkStar Offers GNSS Products Using Current Compass/Beidou-2 Signals

Trimble Acquires Terralite Line from Novariant

GAO on GPS (Again): Challenges in Sustaining and Upgrading Capabilities Persist

Raytheon Completes GPS OCX Integrated Baseline Review

Senate Committee Approves 2011 GPS Appropriations

ION 2011 International Technical Meeting

“Michibiki,” Japan’s First QZSS Navigation Satellite, Reaches Quasi-Zenith Orbit

Oregon: More GPS Product Design and GNSS-related Industry Here Than You May Think

NaviForum Shanghai: U.S. Seeks Bilateral Talks with China on GNSS

When GNSS Goes Blind

U.S. Space Lead Slipping, New Report Says