Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Mita Kaigisho, site of the ICG-6 meetingICG-6, the sixth meeting of the UN’s Sixth Meeting of the International Committee on GNSS, will take place in Tokyo from September 5-9.
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This is a 1993 photo of Walter, a German astronaut. He exemplifies the fearless approach to experimentation and the spirit of fun that we are looking for (DLR photo) [Updated June 30] Lucky you – you have three extra days to submit your GNSS application idea to the USA Challenge! The extended deadline is midnight Sunday (Europe) or 3 P.M. (Pacific time) on July 3.
Right now, some team is hard at work in a basement, an office, a dorm room or a lab. They are about to come up with a new, useful and commercially viable idea for a satellite navigation application or location based service.
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On June 27, the Supreme Court decided to accept a 2005 Washington D.C. warrantless tracking case that illustrates how confusing GPS satellite positioning and the new technologies that follow, sense and link us are to judges and public alike. The case, United States v. Jones, will probably be heard during the October 2011 term.
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Detail of India’s GAGAN system, from a presentation by Dr. S.V. Kibe. For full diagram:The communications satellite that carries India’s GPS-Aided Geo Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) system has been positioned, according to major news sources in India.
"The initial phase is now over. The satellite is now in position," Airports Authority of India chairman V.P. Agarwal said at a New Delhi workshop on aviation safety.
"We are now going through the certification stage of the Satellite-Based Augmentation System (SBAS) and we will have certification of the system by June 2013." he said, according to reports.
By Inside GNSS
LightSquared’s proposed broadband service may cause trouble for GNSS receivers, such as this one, that use commercial satellite augmentation services. The Senate is considering establishment of receiver standards as part of a wide-ranging effort to find more frequencies for wireless broadband services, a move that could ultimately result in expensive new requirements for the GPS community.
By Inside GNSS
Hemisphere GPS LX-2Hemisphere GPS has introduced its LX-2, a second-generation L-band differential GPS OEM receiver board.
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The Space-Based PNT National Coordination Office is located in the Dept. of Commerce Hoover BuildingRepresentatives from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), LightSquared, and Trimble will weigh in on the GPS vs. LightSquared interference at the afternoon session of a National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board meeting tomorrow (June 9, 2011).
By Dee Ann Divis
Near Hotel Oranje (hotel photo)Spirent engineers will lead a two day training conference on the company’s simulation equipment at Hotel Oranje in Noordwijk, Netherlands on June 21 and 22 2011.
The conference will consist of 11 training sessions followed by 4 hands-on workshops.
Topics include:
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The GAGAN payload on GSAT-8 communications satellite takes off via an Airane-5 launcher on May 21 (Arianespace photo)India’s first GAGAN navigation payload on the GSAT-8 communications satellite was launched successfuly at 02:08 hrs IST on Saturday, May 21 2011, according to the Indian Satellite Research Organization (ISRO)
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Uninterrupted continuous positioning technology is no longer a "nice to have" option but, for many applications, a "must have" requirement. Mobile devices increasingly rely on position/location functionality, and users have little tolerance for gaps in service.
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[UPDATED MAY 16] India’s GPS-Aided and GEO-Augmented Navigation (GAGAN) spacecraft will be carried into orbit on an Ariane-5 launcher from the European Space Agency (ESA) spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on May 21, 2011, according to an announcement from ISRO, the Indian space agency.
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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.
By Inside GNSS
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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