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Power Lowered, Receiver Standards Dropped in LightSquared, Deere Deal

Power Lowered, Receiver Standards Dropped in LightSquared, Deere Deal

In a change of direction the new LightSquared team has dropped its lawsuit against the federal government and reached a separate settlement in its lawsuit against Deere & Company that has wide-ranging implications for the GNSS community.

Under the deal LightSquared has agreed to lock in lower power limits and drop its push for GPS receiver standards in exchange for Deere dropping its opposition to LightSquared’s terrestrial broadband network.

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By Inside GNSS
GPS OCX Delayed, Again
December 9, 2015

GPS OCX Delayed, Again

The Air Force is weighing its options for a new GPS ground system after a detailed review last week revealed the system would be further delayed — perhaps to as late as 2023.

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By Inside GNSS
ION Southern California Section December Meeting

ION Southern California Section December Meeting

Torrance, CA

The Southern California Section of the Institute of Navigation’s December meeting will take place at the John Deere facility in Torrance, CA on December 15, 2015.

Dr. Chun Yang will speak at the meeting.  The title of the talk is Sharpening Peak Performance of GPS Signals. In this talk, the variable IF tracking architecture that improves the
peak performance will be presented together with possible implementation
schemes. Simulation results will be used for illustration and analysis.

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By Inside GNSS
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New Beijing Airport Extends Trimble Integrated Construction Contract
December 8, 2015

New Beijing Airport Extends Trimble Integrated Construction Contract

Concept design for the world’s largest airport passenger terminal – the Beijing New Airport Terminal Building. Zaha Hadid Architects drawing

Trimble announced today (December 8, 2015) that it has received a contract extension to use the company’s technology from Trimble to integrate construction and operations for the high-profile Beijing New Airport Project, expected to be the world’s largest when completed at an estimated cost of $13.1 billion.

In April, Trimble won the initial bid to supply the project with a construction information management system. Based on the success of the solution to date, the contract has been extended to include additional machine control systems for soil stabilization.

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By Inside GNSS
Two New Galileo Satellites Enter Service
December 2, 2015

Two New Galileo Satellites Enter Service

Another pair of Galileo satellites is now fully operational, broadcasting navigation signals and, since Tuesday (December 1, 2015), transmitting search and rescue messages worldwide.

Galileos 7 and 8 were launched from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on March 27. Their navigation payloads underwent a lengthy test campaign confirming their performance and integration into the worldwide Galileo ground network.

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By Inside GNSS
Broad Support for GNSS-Based Transportation Tech in New Highway Bill
November 30, 2015

Broad Support for GNSS-Based Transportation Tech in New Highway Bill

The House and Senate, now working with a fresh extension, have until December 4 to hammer out the details of a new highway bill. The legislation will authorize — but not necessarily appropriate — Highway Fund monies for state roadways for as long as six years and likely spin up research into intelligent transportation systems (ITS) and connected and autonomous vehicle technology — three sectors that rely on GNSS for success.

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By Inside GNSS
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Cryptic DHS Reorganization Plan Omits Mention of Protecting GPS

Cryptic DHS Reorganization Plan Omits Mention of Protecting GPS

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) is reorganizing the vast directorate responsible for cybersecurity and the nation’s critical infrastructure. Thus far, however, protecting the GPS signals essential to most of that infrastructure hasn’t rated a public mention in the plans.

The reorganization of the National Protection and Programs Directorate (NPPD) got underway in July, the month after the Office of Personnel Management revealed a computer beach that left the fingerprints and personal information of 5.6 million federal employees in the hands of hackers.

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By Inside GNSS
GNSS Hotspots | November 2015

GNSS Hotspots | November 2015

One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder.
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

1. DÉJÀ VU
Annapolis, Maryland and Kings Point, New York USA

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By Inside GNSS
Failure to Communicate
November 29, 2015

Failure to Communicate

For an organization with its name, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is a remarkably opaque public entity. 

Such is the case with the agency’s inaction on requests by foreign GNSS services to waive the so-called FCC Part 25 rules that require licensing of non-Federal receive-only Earth stations (e.g., GNSS receivers) operating with non-U.S. licensed space stations (i.e., satellites). 

Although at least one such request has reportedly been submitted, the FCC has not even acknowledged it, let alone moved to render a decision on the request. 

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By Inside GNSS
eCall

eCall

Figures 1 & 2

On April 28, 2015, the European Parliament voted in favor of an eCall regulation, which requires all new models of passenger cars and light vans that will be certified for the European market to be equipped with the automated emergency-call technology beginning in April 2018. The measure applies to all such vehicles regardless of selling price. In the future, a similar service may be implemented for trucks as well.

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By Inside GNSS
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