Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Airoha Technology has announced the launch of its AG3335MA satellite positioning chip series at the end of December 2023. This new chip series has successfully passed the AEC-Q100 Grade 2 reliability qualification tests for automotive applications.
By Inside GNSS
oneNav announced the commercial availability of its pureL5 GNSS digital IP core, which directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and GLONASS without any L1 aiding.
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Russian space agency Roscosmos and the Chinese Satellite Navigation System Commission have agreed to a joint roadmap on cooperation for 2021-2025.
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In a race with the U.S. to develop a laser communications network in space, China’s BeiDou GNSS has conducted an inter-satellite and satellite-ground station experiment using using lasers rather than the usual radio signals. The technology could potentially transmit data a million times faster than by radio signal to almost any location. Some experts say it could increase satnav accuracy by a factor of 6 to 40
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Representatives from 50 African countries attended the first China-Africa BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, held in Beijing on November 5, organized by the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO) and a department of the African Union Commission.
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Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos will start placing ground stations for its GLONASS navigation satellite system across China, tentatively before the end of the year, announced Roscosmos Deputy Director for International Cooperation General Sergey Saveliev.
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An enhanced version of BeiDou short message service (SMS) was showcased at the First International Summit on BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Applications held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, September 16–17.
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According to a presentation by China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office, the value of industries related to the country’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will surpass 1 trillion yuan (about 156.4 billion U.S. dollars) by 2025.
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Chinese government television is carrying live coverage of GNSS-guided cotton-seed drilling in the fields of the Xianjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, a vast area of deserts and mountains in northwest China.
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China has released four national technical standards for the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS), according to the China Satellite Navigation Office, for fields of the data format, map application, ground-based augmentation system and atomic clock.
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China’s BeiDou satellite navigation system has passed an assessment of critical standardization work at the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), state broadcaster China Central Television (CCTV) reported, citing the Chinese civil aviation authority and China Satellite Navigation Office.
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Hexagon | NovAtel has announced a firmware release for its OEM7 and PwrPak7 receivers that enables tracking of BeiDou B2b GNSS signals on Phase III satellites. The 7.08.00 (OM7MR0800RN0000) release allows the receivers to track all of the new BeiDou B1C, B2a and B2b signals.
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As the final BeiDou satellite reaches geostationary orbit, experts in the satnav community worry about security implications of the now officially operational Chinese system. As a two-way rather than a one-way communication system, BeiDou differs in two key aspects from other GNSS:
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