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19th KA + 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference

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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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KTN ICT: Technology for Radio Coexistence

This one-day event sponsored by the UK Knowledge Transfer Network Information and Communications Technologies group (KTN ICT) and Cambridge Wireless will cover technologies for radio coexistence as spectrum reallocation occurs.

It will take place on May 16 from noon to 4:40 p.m. at Eversheds LLP, 1 Wood Street, London, EC2V 7WS.

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IGS Launches Real-Time Service for High-Precision GNSS

The International GNSS Service (IGS), a worldwide federation of agencies involved in high-precision GNSS) applications, has announced the launch of its Real-Time Service (RTS).

The RTS is a global scale GNSS orbit and clock correction service that enables real-time precise point positioning (PPP) and related applications requiring access to IGS low latency products. The RTS is offered in beta as a GPS-only service for the development and testing of applications.

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Japan Awards Contracts for QZSS Space, Ground Segments

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation and NEC Corporation have received contracts to build the spacecraft and ground control system, respectively, for Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS).

The Japanese Cabinet Office announced the contract awards last Friday (March 29, 2013).
Mitsubishi will receive ¥50 billion (US$540 million) for building one geostationary satellite and two additional quasi-zenith satellites (QZSs) to join “Michibiki,” the first QZS launched on September 11, 2010.

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By Inside GNSS

GNSS Technologies and Applications for Sub-Saharan Africa Conference

This new international conference on GNSS technologies and applications for the development of sub-Saharan African countries will take place May 30 and 31 at the new bayside Terrou-Bi hotel and conference center in Dakar, Senegal.

The event targets entrepreneurs and companies from the EU and Africa that use GNSS technologies. The event is designed to showcase and promote African technical competencies with solid potential for success using EGNOS and Galileo services and the space sector in general.

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By Inside GNSS
April 1, 2013

AUVSI Unmanned Systems 2013

The 2013 Unmanned Systems North America industry exhibition and symposium sponsored by AUVSI will be held from August 12 -15 at Walter E. Washington convention Center in Washington D.C. The Renaissance Washington is the conference headquarters hotel.

It features technical panels and presentations, workshops and poster sessions on the state of the unmanned systems and robotics markets. The event covers military, civil and commercial applications for air, ground and maritime vehicles.

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InterGEO 2013

The 2013 InterGEO conference and trade fair for geodesy, geoinformation and land management will take place at Exhibition Ground in Essen on October 8, 9 and 10.

The conference topics cover geodesy, surveying and GIS; remote sensing and photogrammetry hardware, software and services; geoinformation and complementary solutions. The conference language is German.

For more information about the conference, contact Christine Salbach, CEO of DVW GmbH at the email address below. 

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IGNSS 2013: International GNSS Society Symposium

Registration is open for the IGNSS 2013 symposium and industry exhibition. It will take place at the Outrigger Hotel in Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia from July 16 to 18 during the sunny area’s cool and dry season.

The conference venue is one block from the famous Surfer’s Paradise Beach.

Program topics include GNSS system issues, receivers and signals, policy issues, applications and non-satellite positioning methods.(The deadline for abstract submission has passed)

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By Inside GNSS
March 29, 2013

Furuno to Launch New Multi-GNSS Receiver Chips, Modules This Summer

Furuno Electric Company has announced that new multi-GNSS receiver chips eRideOPUS 6 and eRideOPUS 7 — with active anti-jamming, multipath mitigation, and dead reckoning interfaces — will be available to the market beginning August 2013.

The eRideOPUS 7 receiver chip can process GPS and GLONASS signals (with a combined antenna), satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) transmissions, Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS), and — with a software update —Galileo signals. The eRideOPUS 6 is not GLONASS-capable.

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