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February 28, 2020

GPS IIIF Slows as Program Funding Shifts to Space Force

The White House wants to maintain the pattern of steady investment in the GPS program though it appears the administration has decided to go more slowly on deployment of the new GPS III Follow-on (GPS IIIF) satellites.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 25, 2020

Android Developers Enticed by Half-Meter Accuracy from Smartphone

A new GNSS-centric application programming interface (API) library for Android and IoT developers is on the verge of appearing, and is now accepting registrations for its software development kit. The Fulfilling Enhanced Location Accuracy in the Mass Market through Initial Galileo Services (FLAMINGO) reportedly achieves half-meter accuracy in a smartphone.

By Inside GNSS

February 20, 2020

Galileo Through the Lenses of Money, Defense and Brexit

At the 12th EU Space Conference in Brussels, Thierry Breton made his first appearance as the new European Commissioner for Internal Market, and a remarkable appearance it was.

By Peter Gutierrez

February 14, 2020

Revolutionist Parkinson Covers Past, Present, Future of GPS in Online Video

“I’ve been a revolutionist for 47 years,” Brad Parkinson began a recent invited lecture at Google, “with this stealthy revolution. GPS is indeed a stealthy revolution.” In his lecture “GPS and Humanity” he described how GPS has “stealthily” crept into the fabric of global society and created dependencies that did not exist before.

By Inside GNSS

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Scottish Rocket Site Planned; Could It Launch British GNSS?

Plans have been submitted for a rocket launch site in the north of Scotland that could boost communications satellites into orbit in two years. No word has come regarding the possibility of launching satellites of the United Kingdom’s a-borning GNSS from this facility, but the prospect is intriguing.

By Alan Cameron

White House Order to Make GPS Resilience Part of Federal Contract Requirements

A new White House executive order gives the federal government a year to develop and test profiles for the responsible use of space-based positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) — better practices that it must then incorporate into federal contracting requirements forcritical infrastructure suppliers.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 13, 2020

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Keeping a mapping drone at a safe distance from rugged vertical terrain during its mission requires intense planning and a GNSS-enabled technology called “terrain following.” A new online video series and free webinar document the real-life challenges and hazards that professional surveyors encounter in their work, this among them.

By Inside GNSS

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February 12, 2020

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Americans by the millions are being tracked through their cell phones, using location data sold both legally and, apparently, illegally. The buyers-users range from marketers and bounty hunters to border enforcement groups within the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

By Dee Ann Divis

February 10, 2020

Third GPS III Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral

The third next-generation GPS III satellite arrived in Florida on February 5, destined for an expected April launch.

By Inside GNSS

February 7, 2020

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

Three different low-cost sensor integrations, covering vehicle navigation in a range of environments, will be covered in a February 12 webinar, “Automotive-Grade GNSS + Inertial for Robust Navigation.”

By Inside GNSS

February 5, 2020

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

European Space Agency (ESA) top brass welcomed journalists to the Agency’s headquarters in Paris for its annual New Year’s press launch. On hand was the Director General as well as ESA’s Galileo guru Paul Verhoef, who spoke one-on-one with Inside GNSS.

By Peter Gutierrez

Details Emerge On Ligado Decision Delay

The chairman of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) told two U.S. Senators in January that his agency could not complete a decision on Ligado Network’s license modification by the end of 2019 because of a late-in-the-year response from a key federal agency.

By Dee Ann Divis

February 3, 2020

Test Confirms Timing Resilience of LEO Time Service Underground, Indoors

A recent test demonstrated that the combination of the SecureSync time server manufactured by Orolia and the Satellite Time and Location (STL) service provided by Satelles can deliver extremely accurate timing as compared to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

By Inside GNSS

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GPS IIIF Slows as Program Funding Shifts to Space Force

Android Developers Enticed by Half-Meter Accuracy from Smartphone

Galileo Through the Lenses of Money, Defense and Brexit

Revolutionist Parkinson Covers Past, Present, Future of GPS in Online Video

Scottish Rocket Site Planned; Could It Launch British GNSS?

White House Order to Make GPS Resilience Part of Federal Contract Requirements

GNSS Receivers Keep Mapping Drone at Optimal Distance from Rugged Terrain

Private Location Data Bought and Sold; FCC Fines Possibly Pending

Third GPS III Satellite Arrives at Cape Canaveral

Navigate Any Environment, Road or Underground

European Space Agency Looks at 2020

Details Emerge On Ligado Decision Delay

Test Confirms Timing Resilience of LEO Time Service Underground, Indoors