Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Lunar Pathfinder (LP) satellite has entered its integration and testing phase, to be completed by the end of this year (2024). Built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL), LP will provide communications services in the lunar orbit.
By Peter Gutierrez
Riegl is making the remapping of the world happen faster by bringing its gold-standard UAS LiDAR technology to lower price points and more user communities. Speaking in Stuttgart at InterGEO 2024, My-Linh Truong, Riegl Division Manager Unmanned Laser Scanning, said, “This year, we are really excited to expand our fleet of UAS [unmanned aerial system] payloads, with the addition of the VUX-100.”
By Peter Gutierrez
The SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket recently launched two Galileo satellites from the Kennedy Space Center into medium Earth orbit (MEO).
By Inside GNSS
GNSS data services provider, Rx Networks has announced the launch of TruePoint | REACH, a hardware-agnostic, cloud-based correction service designed to deliver centimeter-level location accuracy across the globe for various professional applications.
By Inside GNSS
A look at the performance of the Galileo E1-B Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) in various scenarios, elucidating its logic and workflow and shedding light on its functionality and intended purpose.
By Inside GNSS
Collaboration aims to leverage combined expertise and assets to deliver high-precision GNSS positioning services with increased availability, reliability and affordability for the mass market.
By Inside GNSS
There’s a clear need for GNSS corrections, but the alphabet soup of service flavors, delivery methods and business agreements make choosing the right service seem overwhelming. We break it all down and take a look at how you can use GEODNET’s web3 Network of GNSS reference stations to manage your own GNSS corrections service.
By Inside GNSS
During NAVFEST, participants can put their equipment through real-world spoofing/jamming scenarios, and use the data collected to improve current and future solutions. We recently spoke to a few attendees as well as the company behind the ground truth infrastructure about the event and why it’s so important.
By Renee Knight
GNSS data services provider Rx Networks has announced TruePoint | LITE, a correction service designed for power-conscious applications that require precise and reliable location data. TruePoint | LITE aims to deliver sub-meter and lane-level accuracy with global coverage, optimized for low-power usage.
By Inside GNSS
Guest columnist Sergey Zotov of EMCORE Corporation covers the inconsistencies in inertial grade classification and why it’s time to standardize the terminology.
By Inside GNSS
Held on White Sands Missile Range in south-central New Mexico, the 746th Test Squadron creates GPS EW scenarios during the cost-sharing event, allowing participants to test navigation systems as well as train personnel at a reduced cost.
By Inside GNSS
The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) has released its new Service Definition Document (SDD) v3.6 for the Safety of Life (SoL) service for aviation. The new document outlines and describes several changes designed to improve the precision, reliability, and safety of EGNOS satellite navigation-based operations.
By Peter Gutierrez
In the summer of 2024, France’s Center for the Study of the Biosphere from Space (CESBIO), working in collaboration with the French Space Agency (CNES) and Toulouse-based geolocation specialists M3 Systems, launched an airborne data collection campaign leveraging GNSS reflectometry to estimate forest biomass and soil moisture.
By Peter Gutierrez
