GNSS (all systems)

GNSS Hotspots | March 2016

GNSS Hotspots | March 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
Hotspot 6: Beluga A300 600ST

Dangerous Games in Rio, Animal Trackers, Chinese Logistics and The Radiation Club

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Sandy Kennedy: Here to Stay
March 18, 2016

Sandy Kennedy: Here to Stay

Sandy Kennedy and her husband Arlin Amundrud

>>Sandy Kennedy’s Compass Points

Sandy Kennedy grew up in Miami. Miami, Manitoba, Canada, that is — a town of 150 people with a school, a café, a defunct railroad station, and an ice skating rink.

Now she’s director and chief engineer in charge of receiver core cards at NovAtel Inc., a developer and manufacturer of high-precision GNSS products headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. It’s a long way from where she started, but then again, maybe not.

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What are the fundamentals of an effective GNSS test plan?

What are the fundamentals of an effective GNSS test plan?

Q. What are the fundamentals of an effective GNSS test plan?  

A. One aspect of GNSS development that engineers often find challenging is the lack of common testing standards and procedures. This can make life difficult for the engineer tasked with constructing a test plan for a new GNSS-enabled system. How much testing is proportionate, at which stages of development? What are the key performance parameters to measure? What apparatus is best suited to the application, and what are the appropriate pass/fail criteria?

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How Privatizing Air Traffic Control Could Affect Satellite Navigation’s Role in Aviation

How Privatizing Air Traffic Control Could Affect Satellite Navigation’s Role in Aviation

The satellite-based NextGen program is in trouble — no question about it.

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) air traffic modernization effort will likely cost triple its original $40-billion program budget and need an extra decade — until 2035 or beyond — to reach completion, according to 2014 testimony by Department of Transportation (DoT) Inspector General Calvin Scovel.

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By Dee Ann Divis
RIN Event: The Future of GNSS
March 17, 2016

RIN Event: The Future of GNSS

Southampton’s Town Walls

The Royal Institute of Navigation will host a one-day event on The Future of GNSS with speaker Prof. Terry Moore on April 21, 2016 at the Warsash Maritime Academy in Southampton, England.

The speaker will outline the future of GNNS and its systems, anticipated changes and the impact of these developments.

This meeting which is joint with the NI and UK Hydro Society will be followed by the RIN Solent branch AGM.

This event is free. Prior booking not required, guests are welcome.

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DGON Inertial Sensors and Systems 2016
March 16, 2016

DGON Inertial Sensors and Systems 2016

At the 2015 symposium

The German Institute of Navigation’s (DGON) 2016 symposium on inertial sensors and systems, ISS, and gyro technology will take place in Tulla Hall at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) on September 20 and 21.

As modern systems for navigation, localization and guidance are increasingly making use of supporting data from non-inertial sensors, the conference particularly appreciates papers on hybrid systems, those that fuse inertial with GNSS, visual, infrared, radar or other sensors.

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By Inside GNSS
SWW 2016: Space Weather Workshop
February 11, 2016

SWW 2016: Space Weather Workshop

NASA image: effects of space weather on technology

NOAA’s Space Weather Prediction Center will hold it’s annual Space Weather Workshop at the Omni Interlocken Hotel in Broomfield, Colorado (10 minutes from Boulder) from April  26 to 29, 2016.

Billed as "The Meeting of Science, Research Applications, Operations and Users," what began as a small conference in 1996 is now a major event addressing the diverse impacts of space weather on critical technology, including communications, navigation, spacecraft operations, aviation and electric power.

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AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016
February 8, 2016

AUVSI XPONENTIAL 2016

The Saint Louis Cathedral, New Orleans, Louisiana

AUVSI’s Unmanned Systems conference and trade show is now XPONENTIAL.

XPONENTIAL 2016 will take place at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana, U.S.A. from May 2 – 5, 2016.

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TSS 2016: Toulouse Space Show

TSS 2016: Toulouse Space Show

Baudis conference center, Toulouse

The 5th Toulouse Space Show will take place June 28 – 30, 2016 at the Pierre Baudis Congress Centre in Toulouse, France.

Online registration is available.

The trade show / B2B forum is entirely focused on the space supply chain, space applications and space infrastructures. The event program includes an international exhibition, conference and prearranged B2B meetings, with technical parallel sessions and networking events.

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TUSExpo 2016: The Unmanned Systems Expo

TUSExpo 2016: The Unmanned Systems Expo

The Hague, The Netherlands

The second Unmanned Systems Expo (TUSExpo) will take place February 2 – 4, 2016 at the World Forum in The Hague, The Netherlands.

Online registration is available.

The TUSExpo will include a conference, trade exhibition, business platform and matchmaking program, with the aim of bringing together European and global companies from the entire Unmanned Systems supply chain with customers and end-users.

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