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200911 November/December 2009

November 4, 2009

Galileo Program Recalibrates Schedule, Budget, Open Signal ICD

Galileo IOV ProtoFlight Model under Assembly

Galileo program managers appear to have bowed to the unavoidable and acknowledged that completing the European satellite navigation system will take longer and cost more than their revised estimates of 2014 and €3.4-billion ($5.04-billion), respectively

And, although a revised Galileo Open Service Signal-in-Space Interface Control Document (OS-SIS-ICD) will appear soon allowing manufacture and sale of Galileo equipment without a license, the ICD will still require a license for commercial use of the intellectual property contained in the document.

By Inside GNSS

October 23, 2009

GLONASS Launch Postponed until February

Problems with a navigation payload on a recently launched GLONASS-M satellite appear to have become a greater cause for concern for Russian Federal Space Agency (Roskosmos) than previously expected, leading to a further delay in a scheduled September 25 launch until next February.

By Inside GNSS

October 22, 2009

China Will Release Draft Compass/Beidou-2 ICD on ‘Step-by-Step’ Basis

Cao Chong

Chinese- and English-language versions of a draft Interface Control Document (ICD) for China’s Compass open service signals have been written and will probably be released within a year, a speaker at the Stanford PNT Symposium said in an October 22 presentation.

By Inside GNSS

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September 30, 2009

GPS Not Off the Hook at U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit

TRC Test Track

News reports about the U.S. Department of Transportation (DoT) Distracted Driving Summit now underway in Washington, D.C., (September 30–October 1) have focused on the role of mobile phones in vehicle accidents. According to transportation officials, driver distraction was involved in 16 percent of all fatal crashes during 2008.

By Inside GNSS

200911 November/December 2009

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Galileo Program Recalibrates Schedule, Budget, Open Signal ICD

GLONASS Launch Postponed until February

China Will Release Draft Compass/Beidou-2 ICD on ‘Step-by-Step’ Basis

GPS Not Off the Hook at U.S. Department of Transportation’s Distracted Driving Summit