Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Miller family: Casey, Colleen, Mikel, Krista, Lauren, Trevor, and Megan.It has been a long journey to success for Mikel M. Miller, the U.S. Air Force’s lead scientist for positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) science and technology development.
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EquationsThe Galileo E6 signal is centered at 1278.75 MHz, and comprises three signals: an authorized signal (E6A, the publicly regulated service, PRS plus two civilian signals), a data component (E6B), and a pilot component (E6C). Both E6B and C are modulated using binary-phase shift keying (BPSK) code division multiple access (CDMA) memory codes, having lengths of 5,115 chips and chipping rates of 5.115 Mcps.
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Figures 1-6Real-time position accuracy, achievable in dense urban areas using low-cost equipment, is currently limited to tens of meters. If this could be improved to five meters or better, a host of potential applications would benefit. These include situation awareness of emergency, security and military personnel and vehicles; emergency caller location, mobile mapping, tracking vulnerable people and valuable assets, intelligent mobility, location-based services and charging, augmented reality; and enforcement of curfews, restraining orders and other court orders.
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Reasonable Expectations of Privacy and a discussion of privacy in the United States typically begins with the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, which provides that “[t]he right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated.” In U.S. v Katz, the U.S. Supreme Court found that this Fourth Amendment protection created an individual’s constitutional right to privacy.
By Ingo Baumann
Little Bourke Street, MelbourneThe 23rd world congress on intelligent transportation systems will take place at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from October 10 through October 14, 2016. ITS Australia hosts this year’s event on behalf of ITS Asia Pacific, ITS America and ERTICO.
Melbourne is know for its intelligent transport system network that has become one of the best in the world. The conference organizers expect 7,000 international delegates and 300 exhibitors.
The them is "ITS-Enhancing Liveable Cities and Communities."
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University Malaysia Putra – EngineeringIWUGR 2016 will take place at in Selangor, Malayia at the Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM) in the Faculty of Engineering Auditorium on November 8 and 9.
IEEE Geoscience & Remote Sensing (GRSS) members will share knowledge and experience on recent developments and advancement in their fields, particularly on the topic of remote sensing for a sustainable environment.
The deadline for abstract submission is August 31.
Topics will include:
Geoscience and remote sensing technologies
Environmental and disaster monitoring
Spectracom has introduced two timing-related products, the GSG 6-Series GPS/GNSS simulator for testing receivers’ timing capabilities and the SecureSync Timing Reference with enhanced Loran (eLoran) backup capability for GNSS.
Kevin Dennehy with Gen. Peter Pace, former head of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, at an Association for Public-Safety Communications Officials (APCO) conference.Kevin Dennehy, a seasoned GNSS industry conference developer, columnist and writer and a retired Army National Guard officer, has joined Inside GNSS. As managing editor, he will be responsible for reporting online about the GNSS industry and working with Editor and Publisher Glen Gibbons on the print edition.
Contact him with company news and new product announcements at <kevin@insidegnss.com>.
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National Cheng Kung University, TainanThe 2016 International Symposium on GNSS, an annual event for researchers and the satellite navigation industry in the Asia Pacific region, will take place in Tainan, Taiwan on December 5,6 and 7 in the International Conference Hall of the National Cheng Kung University (NCKU).
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A First-to-Market Galileo Update for Numerous JLT Products Allows Concurrent Operation of GPS/Glonass/BeiDou With the New Galileo Satellite Navigation System — Improving Performance and Reliability
Jackson Labs Technologies, Inc. (JLT), a designer and manufacturer GNSS, timing and frequency equipment, has announced several new products with full support for Europe’s Galileo system, including a Galileo-Enabled Multi-GNSS Disciplined Oscillator (GNSDO) and a free software retrofit that adds Galileo functionality to existing products.
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Istanbul Congress Center (ICC)The 41st scientific assembly of COSPAR, the Committee On Space Research, originally scheduled from July 30 – August 7, 2016, at Istanbul Congress Center (ICC), Istanbul, Turkey, due to the recent attempted coup by factions of the Turkish army.
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Eric Hutchinson, Spirent’s Chief Executive Officer, (left) receives the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Duke of Edinburgh Navigation Award for Technical Achievement from the Institute’s Patron, His Royal Highness The Duke of Edinburgh (right). Looking on is the President of the RIN, Captain James Taylor OBE RN.
Spirent’s Positioning Technology Unit Receives RIN’s Navigation Award for Technical Achievement
Spirent Communications plc’s Positioning Technology Unit was presented with the Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) Duke of Edinburgh Navigation Award for Technical Achievement at a ceremony in London, England, yesterday (July 19, 2016).
One of 12 magnetograms recorded at Greenwich Observatory during the Great Geomagnetic Storm of 1859
1996 soccer game in the Midwest, (Rick Dikeman image)
Nouméa ground station after the flood
A pencil and a coffee cup show the size of NASA’s teeny tiny PhoneSat
Bonus Hotspot: Naro Tartaruga AUV
Pacific lamprey spawning (photo by Jeremy Monroe, Fresh Waters Illustrated)
“Return of the Bucentaurn to the Molo on Ascension Day”, by (Giovanni Antonio Canal) Canaletto
The U.S. Naval Observatory Alternate Master Clock at 2nd Space Operations Squadron, Schriever AFB in Colorado. This photo was taken in January, 2006 during the addition of a leap second. The USNO master clocks control GPS timing. They are accurate to within one second every 20 million years (Satellites are so picky! Humans, on the other hand, just want to know if we’re too late for lunch) USAF photo by A1C Jason Ridder. 
Detail of Compass/ BeiDou2 system diagram
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