Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Program managers have defended as useful redundancy what many consider an expensive system overbuilt to accommodate the political expectations of the large number of Galileo member-states.
By Glen Gibbons
University of Colorado Boulder Professor Jade Morton, a Thomas F. Austin Faculty Fellow and director of Colorado Center for Astrodynamics Research, has been elected a fellow of the United Kingdom’s Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) in a ceremony that featured Princess Anne.
By Inside GNSS
Gen. John E. Hyten, who led Air Force Space Command before becoming commander of U.S. Strategic Command, has been nominated to be the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
By Dee Ann Divis
Galileo Initial Services have now been restored. Commercial users can already see signs of recovery of the Galileo navigation and timing services, although some fluctuations may be experienced until further notice, according to today’s statement from the European GNSS Agency (GSA).
By Inside GNSS
Redundancy in Galileo ground facilities may not have been enough to prevent worst-ever GNSS failure.
By Inside GNSS
The EU’s Galileo program posted an official notice on 11 July advising users that Galileo service is degraded on all satellites until further notice.
By Inside GNSS
Our source inside the European GNSS Agency (GSA), which is the EU agency responsible for Galileo services, has told us: “They are working on it. Teams from industry and the Agencies are working 24/7 to restore the Galileo services as soon as possible to their nominal levels. The current estimation is that the services should be restored within 48 hours. In any case, we expect the service to be again nominal before the end of the weekend [13-14 July 2019],” the source said.
By Inside GNSS
ION GNSS+, the world’s largest technical meeting and showcase of GNSS technology, products and services, will take place Sept. 16-20, 2019 at the Hyatt Regency Miami in Miami, Florida.
By Inside GNSS
More powerful, accurate, resilient GPS III satellite will help modernize today’s GPS constellation
TITUSVILLE, Florida, July 8, 2019 – The GPS satellite constellation is about to get its next heathy dose of new technology and more advanced capabilities. The second next-generation, Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite—nicknamed “Magellan” by the U.S. Air Force—is sealed up and ready for its planned July 25 launch.
By Inside GNSS
Spectrum regulators should hold off on granting a waiver supporting testing of a new UltraWideband (UWB) technology for driverless vehicles until more information is available, the GPS Innovation Alliance (GPSIA) said in comments to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC). In fact the FCC should require a minimum level of information be submitted before considering any UWB waivers or changes to the UWB rules, the GPSIA said.
By Dee Ann Divis
The GPS Directorate will update the public on revisions to public GPS documents at the 2019 Public Interface Control Working Group and Open Forum September 25 in El Segundo, California. The event is an opportunity for the public to submit issues and comments for analysis and possible integration into future GPS document revisions.
By Inside GNSS
ION’s Joint Navigation Conference (JNC 2019) will be held July 8-10, at the Hyatt Regency Long Beach, Long Beach, California; and the U.S. ONLY CLASSIFIED sessions will be held July 11 at The Aerospace Corporation.
By Inside GNSS
A judge has discontinued a $2 billion lawsuit alleging “massive fraud” in a deal that helped launch a proposed project GPS experts oppose as a threat to satellite navigation receivers.
By Dee Ann Divis
