Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
HERE, a navigation platform with its map data services found in 150 million vehicles worldwide, and what3words, an addressing system which has divided the world into a grid of millions of 3-meter squares, have partnered to offer precision in-car navigation.
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A new integrated GNSS platform designed for ultra-low power high-performance positioning applications targets a wide range of applications requiring an extremely compact format and with very long battery life, such as sport watches or asset and livestock trackers.
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The U.S. Space and Missile Systems Center awarded the Military GPS User Equipment (MGUE) Increment (Inc) 2 Miniature Serial Interface (MSI) with Next-Generation Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) to Rockwell Collins, Inc.; L3 Technologies; and Raytheon Technologies.
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Hexagon | NovAtel introduces GNSS Resilience and Integrity Technology (GRIT), a suite of firmware features enabling trusted situational awareness and interference mitigation tools across applications and environments.
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The U.S. Space Force, Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) and its mission partners successfully launched the Lockheed Martin-built fourth GPS III satellite at 6:24 p.m. Nov. 5 from Space Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The satellite was carried to orbit aboard a Space Exploration Technologies Corporation (SpaceX) Falcon 9 launch vehicle.
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Dual-frequency GNSS and recent advances in inertial technology combine with advanced software algorithms to deliver high-performance real-time positioning in robotics, UAV survey, photogrammetry and intelligent vehicles — at a level only achievable previously with survey-grade equipment.
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Parsons Corporation has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Braxton Science & Technology Group (BSTG). Braxton Technologies‘ Launch, Anomaly Resolution, and Disposal Operations (LADO) system has been a key part of GPS satellite launches since 2007. LADO has performed all the mission planning, commanding and telemetry processing necessary to prepare all GPS satellites for operational use.
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Taoglas, a provider in antenna designs, unveiled its new active, multiband GNSS antennas, the MagmaX2 AA.200 and Colosseum X XAHP.50, engineered for applications that require critical high-accuracy positioning and timing, including autonomous driving and precision agriculture applications. The lightweight, cost-sensitive compact antennas can obtain similar levels of multipath rejection compared to conventional geodetic antenna, according to the company.
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Swift Navigation announced that its production-grade State Space Representation (SSR) GNSS corrections service is available in extensive coverage areas: across the continental United States and Europe and in Japan, South Korea and Australia, with plans underway to expand globally.
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The U.S. Space Force’s newest GPS satellite, Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04), has been re-scheduled for launch this Thursday, November 5. A previous launch date of October 2 was scrubbed at T-2 because of a detected anomaly in two of the booster rocket’s nine engines.
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Septentrio, a provider of high-precision GNSS positioning solutions, expands its GNSS module portfolio with mosaic-H heading receiver.
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In September, the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) started broadcasting a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) signal over Africa and the Indian Ocean. This marks the first SBAS open service in the region, modeled based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
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NextNav, a provider of 3D geolocation, announced the availability of its vertical positioning service in sixteen major metropolitan areas in the US. The vertical positioning service helps first responders find people — via their cell phones or tablets — faster in multi-story buildings, opens up new urban markets for location-based applications, and unlocks a new ecosystem of 3D geolocation products.
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