Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA), together with the European Commission, has published a new version of the Galileo Open Service Signal In Space Interface Control Document (OS SIS ICD).
By Peter Gutierrez
In September, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) issued a Request for Information (RFI) to seek industry input on Complementary Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (CPNT) technologies.
By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (Colonel, USAF, Ret.)
SpaceX recently signed an agreement with the European Space Agency (ESA) to launch four Galileo satellites on its Falcon 9 rocket next year.
By Inside GNSS
This year’s Munich Satellite Navigation Summit featured notable speakers and some notable absences. European, American and Chinese, but not Russian, representatives of respective GNSS programs updated attendees on progress and concerns.
By Peter Gutierrez
Businesspeople, politicians, civil servants and a range of engineers and researchers gathered in Brussels for the 15th European Space Conference in January. Topics were many and varied, with war, dependency, resilience and a big-time launcher crisis heading the list.
By Peter Gutierrez
GMV Aerospace and Defense has developed a system for a pan-European, public time distribution. At the recent AltPNT Demonstration Day at the European Commission’s Joint Research Center (JRC), Ricardo Píriz, from GMV AD’s GNSS Time and Frequency Group, explained how his company can provide Galileo System Time (GST) or Galileo UTC via existing networks.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Union will explore alternative PNT through a pre-feasibility study and technological demonstration of seven different non-GNSS positioning, navigation, or timing solutions from six different companies, including Locata Corporation (Australia), Satelles Inc. (US) and GMV Aerospace (Spain).
By Inside GNSS
The European Commission (EC), the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) have set up a Joint Office within the EC’s headquarters in Brussels to help manage and develop Galileo, Europe’s GNSS.
By Inside GNSS
An interview with Ignacio Fernández Hernández, Galileo Authentication and High Accuracy Service Manager, European Commission.
By Peter Gutierrez
The European Court of Justice in Luxembourg suspended the signing of the €1.47 billion Galileo contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space, after OHB SE, the losing bidder, filed a suit contesting the award.
By Inside GNSS
The European Commission awarded two contracts for 12 satellites — 6 satellites each — for a total of EUR €1.47 billion to ThalesAleniaSpace (Italy) and Airbus Defence & Space (Germany) following an “open competition.”
By Inside GNSS
Politics, funding and vision took center stage at the 11th EU Space Policy Conference (2019) in Brussels. The event, which brings together everyone who’s anyone in the European space community, was themed loosely around the idea that it is time to connect with the European citizen.
Elzbieta Bienkowska, European Commissioner for Single Market, Industry, Entrepreneurship and SMEs, reminded participants that European elections are coming soon, and the result will be crucial for everyone, although she did not elaborate or suggest who anyone should vote for.
By Peter Gutierrez
According to the European Commission “…GNSS cannot be the sole means of PNT information … for critical applications requiring continuous availability and fail-safe operations.”
Similar realizations in the United States, United, Kingdom, South Korea and elsewhere have led to a revitalization of efforts to examine Alternative Positioning, Navigation and Timing (APNT) systems that could complement and reinforce our exceptionally valuable, yet vulnerable, GNSS signals.
By Dana A. Goward
The European Commission (EC) is on track to mandate that smart phones in the European Union (EU) be capable of using signals from the Galileo satellite navigation system as well as other systems including GPS.
The move is part of a broad space strategy launched in October 2016 to strengthen the EU’s space program and maximize its benefits.
By Dee Ann Divis
