Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
As described in the November-December issue of Inside GNSS, “Interference Localization from Space,” radio frequency interference causes the satellite industry to lose millions of dollars per year due to detrimental effects, ranging from a degradation in the quality of service to the complete loss of service.
By Inside GNSS
China’s development and promotion of its BeiDou satellite navigation system not only has tremendous implications for that country’s government and finances, but this alternative to GPS also presents a variety of implications for the United States, according to a staff research report released by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
By Inside GNSS
After a yearslong wait the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is asking for comments on whether it should allow signals from Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system to be used for non-federal applications in the United States. The call for public feedback is part of a process to grant a waiver so that Galileo-capable receivers don’t have to be licensed in the United States.
By Inside GNSS
Securities regulators recently approved a plan to improve the tracking of financial trades by creating a single, comprehensive database that, among other things, incorporates tightened clock synchronization standards.
By Inside GNSS
Spirent Communications’ PT TestBench. Spirent Communications plc has announced the availability of PT TestBench — software designed to help technology, system and application developers build more accurate positioning functions more quickly. According to the company, the testing, analysis and reporting package automates testing of GPS and other global navigation satellite system (GNSS) receivers, so higher quality systems are brought to market faster and more reliably.
By Inside GNSS
Horten, Norway–based Sensonor AS is in serial deliveries supporting the STIM210, which is designed to provide high accuracy inertial data for the AXD-LNS Land Navigator Solution. The Land Navigator went into regular production in late 2016, following five years of development.
By Inside GNSS
Autoliv, Inc. is a manufacturer of automotive safety systems with headquarters in Stockholm, SwedenAutoliv, Inc. is a manufacturer of automotive safety systems with headquarters in Stockholm, SwedenAutoliv, Inc. is a manufacturer of automotive safety systems with headquarters in Stockholm, SwedenAutoliv, Inc. is a manufacturer of automotive safety systems with headquarters in Stockholm, SwedenAutoliv, Inc., a manufacturer of automotive safety systems with headquarters in Stockholm, Sweden, released its sixth-generation, aftermarket location and positioning module at the 2017 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Nevada.
Accurate and reliable positioning and localization are critical for today’s vehicles containing advanced driver assistance (ADAS) and active safety systems, and even more essential in future autonomous vehicle systems.
By Inside GNSS
Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James. (Photo source: DoD).Though the schedule is still uncertain, progress is being made on completing the new GPS ground system, said Air Force Secretary Deborah Lee James, who credited a crack group of private-sector computer wizards with helping get the program back on course.
Calling the GPS Next Generation Operational Control System (OCX), a "terribly, terribly important program," James said, however, she still did not consider the software-focused effort to be "out of the woods."
By Dee Ann Divis
8835 GPS Clock. Photo Source: TRAK Microwave.TRAK Microwave, a brand of London, England– and Stuart, Florida–based Smiths Interconnect, has released its 8835 GPS Clock, a GPS time and frequency instrument. The 8835 GPS Clock is designed to deliver optimal power and interoperability options while maintaining GPS accuracy and reliability.
By Inside GNSS
Managing editor Stan GoffStan Goff, a seasoned writer and editor for a variety of professional magazines, has joined Inside GNSS as managing editor. He will be responsible for day-to-day operations and production of the print publication and insidegnss.com.
He will work with founding editor Glen Gibbons.
Goff lives and works in the Chicago area, where he spent 17 years as a senior editor and executive editor for Advanstar Communications business to business magazines. Earlier, he was a sports editor for Sun Publications.
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The White Nights season in St. Petersburg, RussiaIEEE and Elektropribor are the chief sponsors of the 24th St. Petersburg International Conference on Integrated Navigation Systems on May 29, 30 and 31, 2017.
The annual conference gathers engineers and scientists working in civil guidance, navigation and control to discuss recent work and future plans
and prospects. It is scheduled during the famous "White Nights" season of this northern city when the skies are so bright the streetlights never go on.
UAV demonstration at the 2016 INTERGEO conferenceINTERGEO, the 2017 European geodesy, geoinformation and land management conference and trade fair, will take place at Messe Berlin, South Entrance in Berlin, Germany on September 26, 27 and 28.
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GPS III satellites in production. Image Source: Lockheed Martin.The U.S. Air Force Space and Missile Systems Center (SMC) says it continues to work on GPS III ceramic capacitor testing and plans to have an updated launch schedule published late next month.
As Inside GNSS reported, the first GPS III satellite’s delivery, originally scheduled for August, was delayed by four months because of a Lockheed Martin subcontractor’s failure to test a ceramic capacitor.
By Inside GNSS
