Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design
Australia and New Zealand recently signed a $187.4m AUD contract with Inmarsat for the company to provide the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN) satellite service from one of its three new I-8 satellites.
By Inside GNSS
GMV and Lockheed Martin have plans to develop a global satellite based augmentation system (SBAS), changing the model for how navigation and precise point positioning (PPP) services are received.
By Renee Knight
The government of Australia recently awarded Lockheed Martin with a $1.18 billion contract to establish the Southern Positioning Augmentation Network (SouthPAN), which will enhance PNT for industries that rely on safety-of-life navigation and positioning in Australia and New Zealand.
By Renee Knight
The FAA recently awarded Raytheon Intelligence & Space (RI&S), a Raytheon Technologies business, with a contract to modernize the Wide-Area Augmentation System (WAAS), providing a technical refresh and Dual Frequency Operation (DFO) upgrades to the space-based precision navigation system.
By Inside GNSS
The Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) have signed an international cooperation agreement to deploy a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS). Based on Europe’s EGNOS technology, the system will serve an area of more than 16.5 million km2, that is one and a half times the size of the area covered by Europe’s EGNOS.
By Peter Gutierrez
SoftBank Corp., ALES Corp. and u-blox AG have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate in GNSS augmentation services for global markets.
By Inside GNSS
Japan’s Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) launched a replacement for its first satellite, Michibiki-1, on October 26. QZS-1R, to be known as Michibiki-1R, flew up on a Mitsubishi Heavy Industries rocket and all went smoothly.
By Inside GNSS
The European satellite service provider (ESSP) placed Charlotte Neyret, former European Development Director for Thales Alenia Space, at its helm as chief executive officer.ESSP manages EGNOS, the European GNSS satellite-based augmentation system.
By Inside GNSS
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) selected Eutelsat Communications for the development, integration and operation of its next-generation European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) GEO-4 service.
By Inside GNSS
In the Port of Seville, Spain, pilots guiding large ships into docking use a portable pilot unit (PPU) incorporating GNSS corrections from the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) to obtain positioning accuracies of 50 centimeters
By Inside GNSS
Korea will inaugurate its own satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS), the Korea Augmentation Satellite System (KASS), sometime in 2022, with signals broadcast over the East Asian region from adjunct payloads aboard two geostationary communications satellites.
By Inside GNSS
In September, the Agency for Air Navigation Safety in Africa and Madagascar (ASECNA) started broadcasting a satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) signal over Africa and the Indian Ocean. This marks the first SBAS open service in the region, modeled based on the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
By Inside GNSS
The European Space Agency (ESA) awarded two contracts to Thales Alenia Space concerning system evolution of the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS).
By Inside GNSS
The latest satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) project update from Lockheed Martin and GMV is designed to collect data near the equatorial region and determine benefits delivered by the dual-frequency, multi-constellation SBAS.
By Stan Goff
The International Technical Symposium on Navigation and Timing (ITSNT) is an annual event organized by CNES (Centre national d’études spatiales) and ENAC (Ecole Nationale de l’Aviation Civile) for professionals and researchers working with or interested in navigation and timing technologies and their use. This year’s event will take place Nov. 13-16 in Toulouse, France, on the campus of ENAC.
By Inside GNSS
