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Meet the New European GNSS Agency: Much the Same, Only Different

Meet the New European GNSS Agency: Much the Same, Only Different

Coming nearly full circle and yet ending up in a new place with a new name describes the peculiar fortunes of the European GNSS Agency, an unlikely fate perhaps reflected most clearly in its continued use of its predecessor’s acronym, GSA.

Five years ago when Europe’s GNSS program abandoned its seemingly misconceived and now roundly condemned effort to forge a public-private partnership (PPP) to develop Galileo, the original GSA — the Galileo Supervisory Authority — appeared orphaned, bereft of purpose and patrons.

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By Inside GNSS
London Conference Beats Drum for Galileo Acceptance
December 11, 2012

London Conference Beats Drum for Galileo Acceptance

The accompanying figure shows the acquisition results of the FM3 Galileo satellite (PRN 11) E1b data channel, as computed by the NAVigation Signal Analysis and Simulation (NavSAS) group of the Politecnico di Torino/Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) in Italy. The upper plot shows the search space along ±7 kHz Doppler frequency, while the lower one shows the search space along 4 millisecond code delay. The coherent integration time used to obtain this search space was 4 milliseconds, coupled with 11 noncoherent accumulations.

The third Galileo in-orbit validation (IOV) satellite, also known as Flight Model 3 (FM), began transmitting signals last week, and the FM4 spacecraft, like the FM3 launched on October 12, is expected to come on-line soon — providing the theoretical capability of 3D positioning using solely satellites of Europe’s GNSS system.

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By Inside GNSS
Longer Show Hours, Fewer Days for ION GNSS 2013 Exhibitors

Longer Show Hours, Fewer Days for ION GNSS 2013 Exhibitors

ION GNSS 2012

Companies who exhibit at the Institute of Navigation GNSS conference next September will have longer exhibit hall hours to work the floor – but fewer days to do so – at the 2013 event in Nashville, Tennessee.

Based on feedback from exhibitors, ION will eliminate the Friday hours for the industry show and increase the Wednesday and Thursday hours next year.  

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By Inside GNSS
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Retired GIOVE-A Satellite Helps Demonstrate High-Altitude GPS Navigation Fix
November 30, 2012

Retired GIOVE-A Satellite Helps Demonstrate High-Altitude GPS Navigation Fix

GIOVE-A mated with Fregat launcher upper stage. ESA photo

An experimental GPS receiver, built by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL), has successfully achieved a GPS position fix at a 23,300-kilometer altitude — the first position fix above the GPS constellation on a civilian satellite, according to the company.

SSTL’s SGR-GEO receiver is collecting data that could help the company to develop a receiver to navigate spacecraft in geostationary Earth orbit (GEO) or even in deep space.

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By Inside GNSS
Our Harvest Being Gotten In
November 26, 2012

Our Harvest Being Gotten In

This is, as they say in Hollywood, a wrap.

The final issue of our seventh year heads off to the printer. And tomorrow I will point my car north and west, returning as generations of Americans have done over the centuries to the family farm, the “home place,” for Thanksgiving.

Because this is the season for gathering in and counting up. For gratitude at what we have received in the year past, and for those untoward things that we have avoided.

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By Inside GNSS
AGU 2012: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting
November 19, 2012

AGU 2012: American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting

The 2012 AGU fall meeting will take place from December 3 through December 7 at the Moscone Center in San Francisco, California.

Keynote speakers include Ira Flatow, host of National Public Radio’s Science Friday program; Dr. Surbra Suresh, director of the National Science Foundation; and Sir Robert Watson, whose career includes stints at JPL, NASA, the World Bank and now chief scientific advisor to the UK Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; 

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By Inside GNSS
ICAO AN-Conf/12: 12th Air Navigation Conference
November 18, 2012

ICAO AN-Conf/12: 12th Air Navigation Conference

The International Civil Aviation Organization, a specialized agency of the United Nations, will hold its 12th Air Navigation Conference (AN-Conf/12) at the ICAO headquarters assembly hall in the Quartier National of Montreal from November 19 through November 30, 2012. The conferences take place every 10 years.

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By Inside GNSS
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2013 Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS
November 17, 2012

2013 Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS

This free workshop on GNSS will take place at the Berjaya Times Square Hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia on December 8, 9 and 10, 2012.
Registration is limited to the first 100 people. The deadline for registration and abstract submission is November 22.

This is the fourth Asia Oceania Regional Workshop on GNSS. It is organized by Multi-GNSS Asia (MGA), whose aim is to promote GNSS interoperability, development, use and applications in the region.

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By Inside GNSS
7th GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference

7th GNSS Vulnerabilities and Solutions Conference

This annual conference on the Croatian Adriatic aims at GNSS experts and covers the risks and vulnerabilities of the global navigation satellite systems and efforts to improve accuracy and reliability.

It will take place at Baska on the resort island of Krk in Croatia from April 18 to April 20, 2013.

The deadline for abstracts has passed.

Topics include:

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By Inside GNSS
GSA, French Officials Break Ground on Galileo Security Monitoring Center
November 16, 2012

GSA, French Officials Break Ground on Galileo Security Monitoring Center

GSA Executive Director Carlo des Dorides, ESNC photo by Simone Hörmann

European officials broke ground today (November 16, 2012) at the site of the primary Galileo Security Monitoring Center (GSMC) in Saint Germain en Laye outside Paris.

The GSMC — the future heart of Galileo program security — will be responsible for several major tasks including overall management of Galileo system security, management of the Public Regulated Service (PRS) access, command and control of European GNSS in accordance with the European Unions Joint Action principle, and provision of PRS and GNSS security expertise and analysis

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By Inside GNSS
Fifth Conference on European Union Space Policy
November 15, 2012

Fifth Conference on European Union Space Policy

The 5th conference on European Union space policy will take place at the European Commission’s Charlemagne Building, in Brussels, Belgium on January 29 and January 30, 2013.

It is aimed at decisionmakers in EU governance and industry and members of the public as well.

The theme is "Building Up a Global Tool for Global Challenges." The conference is sponsored by the presidents of the European Commission, the European Council and the European Parliament.

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By Inside GNSS
Galileo Round Up
November 14, 2012

Galileo Round Up

Say what you want about the European capitol — one thing is for sure, Brussels is alive with conversation. With corporate high flyers and political decision makers tripping over one another on their way to long lunch breaks and after-dinner drinks, the chitchat can flow fast and furious.

If one is not careful, idle conversation can turn into rumor and rumor become a “buzz.”

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By Peter Gutierrez
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