Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The Alliance for Telecommunications Industry Standards (ATIS) sent a letter to multiple government officials at the end of last month asking them to “…mitigate the impacts of GPS vulnerability to the public.”
By Inside GNSS
U.S. small satellite launch company Rocket Lab has launched its third orbital mission of 2018, successfully deploying satellites to orbit for NASA. The mission, designated Educational Launch of Nanosatellites (ELaNa)-19 , took place just over a month after Rocket Lab’s last successful orbital launch, “It’s Business Time.” Rocket Lab has launched a total of 24 satellites to orbit in 2018.
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It’s hard to believe — with all of the developments that have taken place just this past year alone involving Galileo — that this week marks two years since the launch of Galileo Initial Services.
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During a discussion of PNT issues at a workshop on Dec. 11, a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) official mentioned that DHS was developing performance standards for GPS/GNSS receivers used in critical infrastructure.
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Septentrio is partnering with Point One Navigation, a provider of precise location as a service, for autonomous vehicle demonstrations during CES 2019 in Las Vegas. Invitees will be able to ride in a fully autonomous demonstration vehicle that incorporates technology from both companies and to meet directly with technical experts.
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Advanced New Satellite Design to Help U.S. Air Force Modernize the GPS Constellation
TITUSVILLE, Florida, Dec. 11, 2018 – The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida, on a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket.
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Increased and more sustainable agricultural production, being central in addressing a number of important societal and economic challenges, strongly relies on GNSS-enabled solutions in a number of applications.
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In addition to regularly expected updates for GPS systems and U.S. government activities, this week’s meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board included discussions with industry representatives and officials from Europe.
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The National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Advisory Board kicked off a two-day meeting in Redondo Beach, California this morning with James J. Miller, Executive Director, PNT Advisory Board, NASA Headquarters; John Stenbit, Chair, and Dr. Bradford Parkinson, 1st Vice-Chair, among those speaking at the opening of the sessions.
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Join us for this Free Webinar on Wednesday, December 12th, at 1:00 pm EST to see just how far we’ve traveled on the road to autonomy and to test the following predictions for our autonomous future.
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Much has been written about great strides made with the Galileo system in recent months, including a feature article in the September/October 2018 issue of Inside GNSS that detailed the system’s performance as assessed through a set of navigation and timing figures of merit.
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PildoLabs and ENAIRE have recently performed the successful installation of three new Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) monitoring stations at Madrid – Barajas International Airport, Barcelona Area Control Center and Palma de Mallorca Airport, together with a Central Processing Unit installed at ENAIRE premises in Torrejon de Ardoz (Madrid).
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More than 250 navigators and technologists from 28 countries gathered in Chiba, Japan, just outside of Tokyo for the 16thtriennial World Congress of the International Association of Institutes of Navigation (IAIN) this week.
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