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October 9, 2009

Navman Wireless OEM Launches Jupiter3 GPS Module

Navman Wireless OEM Solutions, based in Foothill Ranch, California, has announced the availability of its new Jupiter3 Ultra-Small GPS Receiver Module, the company’s smallest GPS module (11 x 11 x 2.2 millimeters) and the basis of its next generation of GPS receiver solutions.

Based on SiRF’s GSC3f/LPx chipset, the Jupiter3, is expected to eventually provide the core for all future Navman wireless GPS modules, offering low power consumption (11.5mA ATP), high sensitivity (-159dBm) and modest pricing.

By Inside GNSS

October 8, 2009

InterSense Taking Orders for Miniature IMU Chip for Navigation and Stabilization

InterSense is taking orders for a new NavChip OEM Developer’s Kit that includes a pre-release engineering sample of a miniature commercial inertial measurement unit (IMU) on a surface-mount chip.

The offer is open to qualified OEM partners for a limited number of kits to be delivered this month. Initial production is planned for early 2010, with fully-qualified NavChips available in the second quarter.

By Inside GNSS

October 7, 2009

DataGrid Launches New GNSS Receiver for OEM Integrators

DataGrid, Inc. has released the third generation of its programmable DGRx-GNSS receiver for OEM integrators as well as a high-sensitivity mode for DGRx-GNSS that allows the receiver to track the L1 and L2C codes transmitted by GPS and GLONASS satellites down to a signal level of only 15 dB-Hz.

By Inside GNSS

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International Loran Conference 2009 (ILA38)

The 38th International Loran Association conference—ILA38— will be held at the Sable Oaks Marriot in South Portland, Maine from October 13-15 2009.

By Inside GNSS

October 5, 2009

China’s Regional Compass System: 12 Satellites in 2012 — ICD Next Year?

Prof. Jingnan Liu

A draft interface control document for China’s Compass (Beidou-2) GNSS system may be available by next year, according to remarks made at a September 30 presentation at the University of Nottingham (United Kingdom) by Jingnan Liu, principal scientist at the National GNSS Research Center of Wuhan University.

By Inside GNSS

JAMFEST ’09

The 746th Test Squadron (746 TS) will offer authorized GPS users another testing and training opportunity in its series of JAMFEST events on November 2-6 2009 at the Stallion Air Field in the northern White Sand Missile Range, near Socorro, New Mexico.

By Inside GNSS

October 2, 2009

Europe Declares Start of EGNOS Satellite Navigation Service

Antonio Tajani, EC Vice-President for Transport Policy, announces EGNOS Open Service.

During a press conference today (October 1, 2009), Antonio Tajani, European Commission vice-president for transport policy, announced the official start of operations for EGNOS, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service. This is a major milestone for EGNOS, a satellite-based augmentation system that improves the accuracy of satellite navigation signals over Europe.

The EGNOS Open Service is now available free of charge for non-safety-of-live applications to all users equipped with suitable receivers – and most mass-market satellite navigation receivers being sold today are EGNOS-ready.

By Inside GNSS

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October 1, 2009

GIOVE-A Orbital Maneuver Makes Way for Galileo Satellites

GIOVE-A in tests. ESA photo.

Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has successfully completed the planned repositioning of the first Galileo test satellite, GIOVE-A, to a higher orbit to make way for the operational satellites of Europe’s satellite navigation constellation.

By Inside GNSS

Averna Launches New Version of Universal Receiver Tester for GPS

Averna URT

Global test engineering company Averna, headquartered in Montreal, Canada, has launched the URT (Universal Receiver Tester) 5.0, a new line of turnkey solutions for GPS receiver testing.

By Inside GNSS

NovAtel Launches GPS / GLONASS Products at ION Conference

NovAtel OEMStar

NovAtel Inc. rolled out a series of new products and a firmware upgrade at the Institute of Navigation’s ION GNSS 2009 conference held September 22-25 in Savannah, Georgia, USA.

The Calgary, Alberta, Canada–based GNSS manufacturer announced the launch of their new single-frequency GNSS receiver, OEMStar. The low-cost, 14-channel, L1 receiver measures 46 x 71 millimeters and consumes just 750 milliwatts of power when tracking both GPS and GLONASS signals.

By Inside GNSS

September 30, 2009

Septentrio Introduces First GNSS / IMU Receiver, New GPS / GLONASS Board, Redesigned Website

Septentrio AsteRx2eH

Septentrio has launched AsteRxi, the company’s first multi-sensor GNSS receiver as well as the AsteRx2eH, a single-board dual-frequency dual-antenna GPS/GLONASS heading receiver, specially designed for demanding machine control, marine survey, photogrammetry and other multi-antenna applications.

By Inside GNSS

GPS Not Off the Hook at U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit

TRC Test Track

News reports about the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) Distracted Driving Summit now underway in Washington, D.C., (September 30–October 1) have focused on the role of mobile phones in vehicle accidents. According to transportation officials, driver distraction was involved in 16 percent of all fatal crashes during 2008.

By Inside GNSS

On-Orbit Signal Problem Delays Next GLONASS Satellite Launch; Russian Space Agency Investigates

GLONASS Launch, September 25, 2008

A problem caused by the signal generator in an on-orbit GLONASS-M satellite (#726) led the Russian space agency (Roscosmos) officials to delay a scheduled September 25 launch of three new spacecraft.

Sergey Revnivykh, deputy director general of Roscosmos’s Central Research Institute of Machine Building, told Inside GNSS today (September 30) that the agency has set up a task force that includes Revnivykh to investigate the problem with the on-orbit satellite and to ensure that the new spacecraft are free of similar technical difficulties.

By Inside GNSS

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Navman Wireless OEM Launches Jupiter3 GPS Module

InterSense Taking Orders for Miniature IMU Chip for Navigation and Stabilization

DataGrid Launches New GNSS Receiver for OEM Integrators

International Loran Conference 2009 (ILA38)

China’s Regional Compass System: 12 Satellites in 2012 — ICD Next Year?

JAMFEST ’09

Europe Declares Start of EGNOS Satellite Navigation Service

GIOVE-A Orbital Maneuver Makes Way for Galileo Satellites

Averna Launches New Version of Universal Receiver Tester for GPS

NovAtel Launches GPS / GLONASS Products at ION Conference

Septentrio Introduces First GNSS / IMU Receiver, New GPS / GLONASS Board, Redesigned Website

GPS Not Off the Hook at U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit

On-Orbit Signal Problem Delays Next GLONASS Satellite Launch; Russian Space Agency Investigates