China’s National Reference Station Network. (Image: BeiDou) The second China-Arab States BDS Cooperation Forum, held April 1 in Tunis, Tunisia, covered measures and initiatives that will...
A senior Chinese government space official on Feb. 5 said precision-navigation user receivers in China will be fitted with chipsets receiving satellite signals from BeiDou, GPS, GLONASS, and...
Dana Goward, President, Resilient PNT Foundation The Empire State Building sits atop a massive and solid foundation that hardly anyone ever sees. Above ground it has 2.8 million square feet of...
The Galileo Test and Development Environment (GATE) in Berchtesgaden, Germany, officially opened on February 4. The system operator, IFEN GmbH of Poing, Germany, jointly with the German...
By Frank van Diggelen, Global Locate, Inc. This update to a frequently requested article first published here in 1998 explains how statistical methods can create many different position accuracy...
Jackson Labs Technologies has released the latest upgrades to its GPS simulator and transcoder product line. Screenshot: Jackson Labs The latest version of freeware application SimCon rev. 1.20 is...
U.S. positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) capabilities are vitally important to millions of civilians, as well as U.S. and allied militaries. The third Navigation Technology Satellite will go...
News from the European Space Agency A kite-blown science expedition to the interior of Antarctica has made the most southerly positioning fixes yet made with Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation...
Santa Claus will be performing a ceremonial fly-by of the International Space Station (ISS) on Dec. 24. The visit will honor the 20th anniversary of continuous life on the ISS, a milestone achieved...
The European GNSS Agency (GSA) has published a 2010 GNSS Market Monitoring report, providing key information in support of entrepreneurship in the satellite navigation sector. GNSS market forecasting...
News via the CANSPACE Listserv The EUMETSAT Polar System is considering providing GNSS navigation bit data, should there be sufficient interest in the user community. “In the framework of...
Workshop participants from Cote d’Ivoire and Kenya assemble a Mindstorm robot to trial autonomous navigation. By Patricia Doherty Last year I helped coordinate a three-week workshop for 50...
The OEM7 series. (Photo: NovAtel) The NavIC Indian constellation is now supported in NovAtel’s latest firmware release for its OEM7 series of GNSS receivers. The 7.05.04 firmware release...
News via the CANSPACE Listserv The EUMETSAT Polar System is considering providing GNSS navigation bit data, should there be sufficient interest in the user community. “In the framework of...
By Paul Crampton, Spirent Federal Paul Crampton As we bid farewell to the last GPS-IIA satellite and read of delays to both the launch schedule for GPS III satellites and roll-out of the OCX...
Photo: Toshe_O/iStock / Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Senate joined House to override Trump’s veto, making bill into law The U. S. Congress, especially the Armed Services Committees, have long...
u-blox’ NEO-M8L module with 3D ADR technology and integrated sensors provides accurate vehicle position regardless of satellite visibility. (Image: u-blox) U-blox has collaborated with...
Orolia introduced its new GPS/GNSS testing and simulation portfolio, including the new GSG-8 advanced simulator, at ION GNSS+ 2019 in Miami. The new portfolio offers a comprehensive array of GNSS...
Image: Swift Navigation Skylark is now available across the contiguous United States, enabling safe and lane-level accurate positioning. Swift Navigation’s network-connected Skylark...
That was then. This is now. When managed by a new ground control system, GPS III satellites will offer triple the accuracy and eight times the anti-jamming capabilities of the satellites currently...