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China Plans Another Eight Compass/BeiDou Lanches by End of 2012
May 20, 2011

China Plans Another Eight Compass/BeiDou Lanches by End of 2012

Ran Chengqi

According to a May 19 People’s Daily report, China will launch another eight Beidou navigation satellites before the end of next year.

Speaking at the second Chinese Satellite Navigation Academic Annual Meeting in Shanghai on May 18, Ran Chengqi, the director of the Chinese Satellite Navigation Administrative Office, said the overall testing of the Compass/BeiDou satellite navigation system will be finished on Oct. 10, 2011.

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By Inside GNSS
Homeland Security Steps Up to Protect GPS (But Not from LightSquared)
May 19, 2011

Homeland Security Steps Up to Protect GPS (But Not from LightSquared)

After a long series of fits and starts, the Department of Homeland Security is tackling the issue of interference to the GPS signal. The agency has launched a study to assess the risks to GPS service from a variety of sources — a study that, at least on paper, will lead to a plan to mitigate interference.

Unfortunately, the effort will not directly address the one potential problem consuming the thoughts of the GPS community — widespread receiver overload from the high-powered mobile broadband service proposed by the Virginia firm LightSquared.

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By Dee Ann Divis
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Going to JNC? May 30 is the approval deadline for Canada, UK, Australia Attendees
May 15, 2011

Going to JNC? May 30 is the approval deadline for Canada, UK, Australia Attendees

Air vehicle, MQ-1B Predator system, Iraq 2008 (Military photo)

Online registration is open for the 2011 Joint Navigation Conference,  scheduled for June 28-20 in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

The FOUO event is the largest endorsed U.S. military navigation conference of the year, with joint service and government participation.

The annual JNC focuses on technical advances in guidance, navigation and control; especially on joint development, testing and support of affordable systems, logistics and integration.

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By Inside GNSS
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GPS Technology and People Behind Gravity Probe B’s Einstein Relativity Experiment

NASA’s May 3 announcement that its long-running Gravity Probe B (GP-B) mission had confirmed two key predictions derived from Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity, mentioned GPS autoland techniques as one of the projects spinoffs.

However, the involvement of GPS technology and GPS experts in the mission was much deeper than the passing reference in a press release.

But first, the news.

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By Inside GNSS
Joint Navigation Conference 2011: Guidance Navigation and Control

Joint Navigation Conference 2011: Guidance Navigation and Control

Registration is open for 2011 JNC – Joint Navigation Conference (Guidance, Navigation and Control) on June 28-30 at Crowne Plaza Hotel in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Everyone who attends must apply and be approved before they come. 

Tutorials will take place on June 27.

FOUO sessions on June 28-29 will take place at the Crowne Plaza.

The classified sessions on June 30 will take place at Elkhorn Conference Center, Fort Collins, Colorado

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By Inside GNSS
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CSNC 2011: China Satellite Navigation Conference
May 14, 2011

CSNC 2011: China Satellite Navigation Conference

Exhibit from the first Compass Satellite Navigation Conference

The second China Satellite Navigation conference will take place at Shanghai’s Expo Center on May 18-20, 2011.

The conference scientific chair is Prof. Sun Jiadong.

The aim of the conference is to build satellite navigation as an active academic field in China, to promote satellite system technology innovation and to strengthen the relationship between business and government for the advance of China’s Compass/Beidou system.

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By Inside GNSS
APEC-GIT/15: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation-GNSS Implementation Team Meeting
May 13, 2011

APEC-GIT/15: Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation-GNSS Implementation Team Meeting

Brisbane City Botanic Gardens facing Alice Street

(See Glen Gibbons’ report from APEC/GIT-14 in Seattle, June 2010)

The fifteenth meeting of APEC’s GNSS Implementation Team will be held June 13-16 at Sofitel Brisbane Central, All Saints Convention Center in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia.

Online pre-registration is required and is limited to 50 delegates. Please contact either of the co-chairs if your password is not accepted on the GIT webpage registration screen.

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By Inside GNSS
2012 European Navigation Conference

2012 European Navigation Conference

Gda?sk Golden Gate- D?uga Street

In 2012, for the first time, the annual European Navigation Conference and industry exhibition will take place in Gdańsk (Danzig), Poland.

It will be held at April 25-27 in the Filharmonia convention hall on Olowianka Island, near the historic center of the city.

The theme is "Navigation for the People." The conference will be held in English.

The abstract submission deadline has been now passed.

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By Inside GNSS
Galileo Launch Date Set for October

Galileo Launch Date Set for October

Soyuz launcher during dry run at Kourou Spaceport. ESA photo. S. Corvaja

[Updated June 1, 2011] Two Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites will comprise the first launch on a modified Soyuz rocket from the European Union’s spaceport in French Guiana.

Now scheduled for October 20, the launch will mark the beginning of the creation of the operational constellation for Europe’s GNSS system.

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By Inside GNSS
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