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BeiDou to Restart Satellite Launches Next Year, Shift B1 Signal Frequency after 2016

Yang Yuanxi, China National Administration of GNSS and Applications

China will begin launching BeiDou-2 satellites again in 2013 as it begins its test program for the third generation of the nation’s GNSS program.

After launching 16 satellites since 2007 (including six last year) to establish the current regional constellation with 14 operational satellites and publishing an official interface control document December 27, China called a halt to further launches to evaluate the performance of the system and complete a development plan for the system.

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Defense Department CIO Teresa Takai Gets Positioning, Navigation and Timing Brief

DoD CIO Teresa Takai. DoD photo

A Department of Defense Directive (DoDD 5144.02) issued April 22 clarifies the positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) responsibilities for Teresa Takai, the assistant secretary of defense for networks and information integration (NII) and the DoD’s chief information officer (CIO).

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NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites

PhoneSat. NASA image

ET may have an improved method to phone home and satellite operators, a new way to position and control satellites — smartphones in space.

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April 28, 2013

Russia Launches Another GLONASS-M Satellite

Russia launched another GLONASS-M satellite on Friday (April 26, 2013) on a Soyuz 2-1b rocket from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome.

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April 25, 2013

GNSS summer school for young engineers to be held in Tokyo this August

Doctoral-level graduate students and early-career engineers, researchers and instructors from Japan and the rest of the world are invited to a weeklong summer seminar this August in Tokyo, sponsored by the Institute of Positioning, Navigation and Timing of Japan.

The summer school will take place in from August 19 through August 24 at the Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology (TUMSAT). Classes wil be held in English.

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North Korea’s GPS Jamming Prompts South Korea to Endorse Nationwide eLoran System

Projected accuracy and coverage of Korea’s eLoran network. Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries of Korea

GPS jamming attacks from North Korea that have increased in frequency and duration since they began August 2010 have prompted the South Korean government to implement an enhanced Loran (eLoran) systems that will cover the entire country by 2016.

The South Korean government completed design, development, and construction documents for the eLoran system in February and will procure the system infrastructure through international competitive bidding.

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April 16, 2013

U.S. Agencies Seek Comments on Future Uses of NDGPS

The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Research and Innovative Technology Administration (RITA), in partnership with the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG), is seeking public comments on the current and future user needs for the Nationwide Differential Global Positioning System (NDGPS).

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Military GPS Budget Appears Steady as President Bids to Slow Defense Cuts

Spending pressures on the Pentagon seem to be coming from every direction, and the GPS program appears unlikely to avoid them entirely.

The growing needs of veterans are poised to force up health care budgets and higher transportation costs and operating tempos have dug a $22 billion-hole in the accounts for Overseas Contingency Operations in places such as Afghanistan.

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Galileo Satellite Achieves High Earth Orbit Positioning with GPS

GPS signal side lobes.

When the European Space Agency launched its Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element-A (GIOVE-A) satellite in 2005, its main mission was to transmit Galileo test signals that secured the system’s frequencies, evaluate hardware under space environmental conditions, and so forth.

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Locata Installation Supports U.S. Vehicle Crash Avoidance Research

The U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety will use Locata positioning to control automated testing of frontal collision avoidance and other safety systems. IIHS image

In announcing the selection of its terrestrial positioning system as the core PNT technology for the U.S. Insurance Institute for Highway Safety (IIHS) Vehicle Research Center (VRC), Locata Corporation has opened up a new front in its campaign to augment or replace GNSS in application environments where the latter technology is unreliable or unavailable.

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April 12, 2013

A First-Hand Look at Smithsonian’s New Exhibit That Links Time and Navigation

Smithsonian staff prepare Ramsden sextant for mounting at Time and Navigation exhibit. Photo by Dee Ann Divis

Thanks to an accident of renovation, the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space museum is now the home to a substantial new exhibit that opened today (April 12, 2013), “Time and Navigation: The Untold Story of Getting from Here to There.”

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19th KA + 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference

Florence 1493 stamp

This joint conference held with the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and the European Space Agency (ESA) will be held at the Hilton Florence Metropole Hotel in Florence, Italy from October 14 through October 17, 2013.

It combines the 19th Ka and Broadband Communications, Navigation and Earth Observation Conference and the 31st AIAA International Communications Satellite Systems Conference (ICSSC). The 11st BroadSky Workshop organized by the National Institute of Information and Communications Technology of Japan will be held at the same time.

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GENIUS: Modern GNSS Positioning and Timing Seminar

This seminar for European doctoral students working in GNSS will take place at Allborg University on May 15, 16 and 17, 2013. Tuition is free, accepted students must pay for their own travel and lodging.

Lecture topics and presenters:

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BeiDou to Restart Satellite Launches Next Year, Shift B1 Signal Frequency after 2016

Defense Department CIO Teresa Takai Gets Positioning, Navigation and Timing Brief

NASA Successfully Launches Three Smartphone Satellites

Russia Launches Another GLONASS-M Satellite

GNSS summer school for young engineers to be held in Tokyo this August

North Korea’s GPS Jamming Prompts South Korea to Endorse Nationwide eLoran System

U.S. Agencies Seek Comments on Future Uses of NDGPS

Military GPS Budget Appears Steady as President Bids to Slow Defense Cuts

Galileo Satellite Achieves High Earth Orbit Positioning with GPS

Locata Installation Supports U.S. Vehicle Crash Avoidance Research

A First-Hand Look at Smithsonian’s New Exhibit That Links Time and Navigation

19th KA + 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference

GENIUS: Modern GNSS Positioning and Timing Seminar