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February 11, 2016

ITSNT 2016: International Technical Symposium on Navigation and Timing

ENAC’s third international technical symposium on navigation and timing will take place on November 15 and 16, 2016 at the French Civil Aviation University in Toulouse, France. The university is at 7 Avenue Edouard Belin in the city’s “Complexe Scientifique de Rangueil. “

The event features presentations by world experts on GNSS and round tables to facilitate discussion between the audience and the speakers.

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GEOMETOC Workshop: Geospatial, Hydrometerological and GNSS

This two-day GEOMETOC workshop will take place on October 19, 20 and 21 at the PVA Expo Praha in Prague, Czech Republic. It is part of the Future Forces 2016 International Exhibition (FF16) supported by NATO, the European GNSS Agency and other agencies.

The topic areas are:

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SWW 2016: Space Weather Workshop

NASA image: effects of space weather on technology

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center will hold it’s annual Space Weather Workshop at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado (10 minutes from Boulder) from April 26 to 29, 2016.

Billed as "The Meeting of Science, Research Applications, Operations and Users," what began as a small conference in 1996 is now a major event addressing the diverse impacts of space weather on critical technology, including communications, navigation, spacecraft operations, aviation and electric power.

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February 10, 2016

Former GPS Adversary LightSquared Rebrands as Ligado Networks

LightSquared Inc. today (February 10, 2016) announced a change of name to Ligado Networks.

The Reston, Virginia–based company described the Ligado as “a new brand that signals the company’s future vision of deploying its mid-band spectrum to deliver next-generation connectivity while also conveying the company’s heritage as a network service operator providing satellite connectivity throughout the U.S. and Canada.”

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JNC 2016 – Joint Navigation Conference

Dayton Convention Center, Ohio

The JNC 2016 – Joint Navigation Conference will take place June 6-9, 2016 at the Dayton Convention Center in Dayton, Ohio. The annual event covers military navigation technology, "the Foundation for Military Ops."

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ESS 2016: European Space Solutions Conference

Old City Hall of The Hague, The Netherlands

Under the auspices of the 2016 Dutch Presidency of the Council of the EU, the fourth edition of European Space Solutions will take place at the World Forum Convention Centre from May 30 to June 3, 2016 in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Online registration is available.

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February 8, 2016

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016

The Saint Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems conference and trade show is now XPONENTIAL.

XPONENTIAL 2016 will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. from May 2 – 5, 2016.

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Russia Launches First GLONASS-M in More Than a Year

In its first GLONASS-M launch in more than a year, Russia lifted a satellite into orbit yesterday (3:21 a.m. Moscow time, February 7, 2016) from the Pletsetsk Cosmodrome, after being postponed from December.

GLONASS-M #51 (GLONASS constellation designation #751) will replace a 10-year-old satellite (GC#714) that ceased operations last October in slot 17, orbital plane 3 of the constellation.

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February 5, 2016

50th GPS Satellite, Last Block IIF Launches Successfully

The 12th and final GPS Block IIF satellite lifts off from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. United Launch Alliance photo

The U.S. Air Force and its mission partners successfully launched the 12th Boeing-built GPS IIF satellite aboard a United Launch Alliance Atlas V Evolved Expendable Launch Vehicle (EELV) from Space Launch Complex 41, Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, at 8:38 a.m. EST today (February 5, 2016).

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February 3, 2016

BBC, Chronos Report on Lengthy Disruptions Caused by GPS Timing Problem

The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) said yesterday (February 2, 2016) that the recent decommissioning of a GPS satellite led to difficulties for listeners receiving digital radio signals.

In a response to the reported issues, the BBC said: "The outages were caused by a rogue GPS satellite (SVN23), which was taken out of service in the evening of 26 January."

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First GPS III Satellite Completes Operational ThermoVac Testing in Simulated Harsh Space Environment

Lockheed Martin announced today (February 3, 2016) that the first GPS III satellite successfully completed system-level Thermal Vacuum (TVAC) testing on December 23, validating the design of the entire assembled satellite.

TVAC is a rigorous test designed to prove a satellite’s integrity and operational capabilities by subjecting it to prolonged cycles of simulated space temperature extremes in a special depressurized chamber.

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February 2, 2016

China Launches New MEO BeiDou Satellite; 18 More to Come by End of 2018

Ran Chengqi, director of the China Satellite Navigation Office

[Updated February 5, 2016] China successfully completed its first BeiDou launch of the year, lifting a new-generation satellite into orbit yesterday (February 1, 2016) and adding to its 17 operational spacecraft in the nation’s GNSS constellation.

The fifth of the new series, the middle-Earth-orbiting (MEO) satellite will join its four predecessors in testing inter-satellite crosslinks and a new navigation payload that will set the framework and technical standards for global coverage, according to the Xinhua state news agency.

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