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EUSPA Now Controls Galileo Launches; Arianespace to Orbit 8

Arianespace recently announced it will launch a total of eight new Galileo satellites over the next few years.

The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) selected Arianespace to launch four new Galileo satellites for Europe’s satellite navigation system, according to a news release. This comes after the European Space Agency’s (ESA) order to launch four satellites last October and will complete the deployment of first-generation Galileo satellites.

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Large Wireless Carrier Selects NextNav to Deliver Z-Axis Capabilities for 911

By Renee Knight

When a wireless 911 call comes in from a multi-story building, it can be difficult to pinpoint exactly where the caller is—wasting valuable time. NextNav has developed a solution with z-axis capabilities, Pinnacle 911, that addresses this GPS shortcoming, and recently entered into an agreement with a top wireless carrier to leverage it for enhanced 911 (E911).

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Human Engineering: Faragher Ascendant

FocalPoint Positioning, founded in 2015, is, as they say, very happening. Its Supercorrelation is a chipset-level software product for mobiles, wearables and vehicles that is changing the positioning game in urban environments. Interesting and energetic, FocalPoint founder Ramsey Faragher came out of the defense industry and has a risen rapidly in the GNSS firmament.

By Peter Gutierrez

January 25, 2022

RTK From the Sky™ Technology Transforms Hexagon | NovAtel TerraStar-C PRO Service With Three Minute Global Convergence

TerraStar-C PRO is the first global correction service from Hexagon to incorporate innovative RTK From the Sky technology to achieve RTK-level accuracy in three minutes with 99.999% availability

By Inside GNSS

January 21, 2022

Orolia CEO Courtois on Acquisition by Safran

As CEO Jean-Yves Courtois puts it, Orolia is focused on solving the hard problems. To do that, the France-based company, a global provider of resilient positioning, navigation and timing (RPNT) solutions, has become a technology integrator.

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December 29, 2021

Russia and China Ink Cooperative Deal on Respective GNSSs

Russian space agency Roscosmos and the Chinese Satellite Navigation System Commission have agreed to a joint roadmap on cooperation for 2021-2025.

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December 23, 2021

Sensor Integration and Support Expanded for Geospatial Monitoring

Trimble has rolled out the latest version of its core geospatial automated monitoring software, Trimble 4D Control version 6.3. The software provides automated movement detection to enable informed decisions about infrastructure for surveying, construction and monitoring professionals.

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December 22, 2021

PNT Pod for GPS-Contested Environments Passes High-Dynamics Test

The Air Force Research Laboratory’s complementary PNT AgilePod prototype aced its first high-dynamic flight tests in November 2021. It also achieved two other firsts: the first test of fully-remote interfacing and alt-PNT data transmission, and the first demonstration of overland/overwater transition performance.

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$329 Million to Engineer Earlier-Gen On-Orbit GPS Satellites

Boeing secured a 10-year, $329.3 million contract to help the U.S. Space Force engineer operational GPS Block IIF satellites.

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December 21, 2021

Galileo OS Service Definition Doc Chronicles System Upgrades since 2019

The latest version of the Galileo Open Service Definition Document (OS SDD), updated November 2021, describes upgrades enacted in the Galileo system since May 2019: improvements, current constellation status and updates in the ground infrastructure that increase its robustness. This is the last update foreseen before Galileo Open Service reaches Full Operational Capability (FOC).

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December 16, 2021

UK to Generate Own GNSS Signal in Test Project

Mobile satellite communications company Inmarsat is working on a UK Space Agency-funded test project with the European Space Agency, alongside British partners Goonhilly Earth Station Limited and GMVNSL Limited, to deliver the first UK-generated GNSS signal.

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RINEX 4.0 Announced

The RINEX Working Group of the International GNSS Service (IGS) has released the new Receiver Independent Exchange Format Version 4.00 (RINEX4), as of December 1, 2021.

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December 15, 2021

Galileo Grows by Two

A Soyuz launcher operated by Arianespace and commissioned by ESA lifted off with the pair of 715 kg satellites from French Guiana on December 5. The two join 26 Galileo satellites in the orbiting constellation that now provide Initial Services.

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EUSPA Now Controls Galileo Launches; Arianespace to Orbit 8

Large Wireless Carrier Selects NextNav to Deliver Z-Axis Capabilities for 911

Human Engineering: Faragher Ascendant

RTK From the Sky™ Technology Transforms Hexagon | NovAtel TerraStar-C PRO Service With Three Minute Global Convergence

Orolia CEO Courtois on Acquisition by Safran

Russia and China Ink Cooperative Deal on Respective GNSSs

Sensor Integration and Support Expanded for Geospatial Monitoring

PNT Pod for GPS-Contested Environments Passes High-Dynamics Test

$329 Million to Engineer Earlier-Gen On-Orbit GPS Satellites

Galileo OS Service Definition Doc Chronicles System Upgrades since 2019

UK to Generate Own GNSS Signal in Test Project

RINEX 4.0 Announced

Galileo Grows by Two