Notes from DoT GPS Backup Demos – Part I Government officials, advisors and congressional staff gathered at NASA’s Langley Research Center on March 13. They were there to discuss the Department...
Autonomous GPS Positioning at High Earth Orbits To initially acquire the GPS signals, a receiver also would have to search quickly through the much larger range of possible Doppler shifts and code...
The annual ION GNSS+ 2020 Conference scheduled to take place Sept. 21-25 in St. Louis, Missouri, will now be held entirely virtually. The Institute of Navigation (ION) made the decision after careful...
Mauro Colombi, vice president of operations for Stonex, discusses the new S10 GNSS Receiver while at InterGeo 2014, held October 7-9 in Berlin. The S10 features a new generation of smart and open...
Turkey has opened GNSS base station in Antarctica, according to Sputnik News. The station can track changes in the location of icebergs and transmit photos of Antarctica’s surface, as well...
The aborted launch of the fourth GPS III satellite has sparked an investigation into the SpaceX Falcon 9’s Merlin engine. With only two seconds before launch, SpaceX stopped the scheduled...
U‑blox components are at the core of two new GNSS golf products. The golf rangefinder wearables were launched by Voice Caddie, an international brand of rangefinders and trackers based in South...
An August 2020 paper published by the journal Sensors revealed China’s plans to expand coverage of its terrestrial Loran positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) system with three new transmitter...
Russia has launched another GLONASS-M satellite, according to Roscosmos, the Russian State Space Corporation. A Soyuz-2.1b launch vehicle successfully carried the satellite to its planned orbit from...
Spirent Communications has announced major enhancements that will help improve location accuracy for E911 calls indoors. The additional test capabilities on Spirent’s 8100 Location Technology...
Photo: Quectel Quectel Wireless Solutions has published a new white paper titled “Why GNSS for eMobility must balance precision, price, power and packaging.” According to...
After an aborted launch with two seconds to go, the fourth GPS III satellite is now planned to launch on Nov. 5. The first launch attempt on Oct. 2 from Cape Canaveral was halted due to an...
Sony GNSS receivers. (left) CXD5610GF, (right) CXD5610GG. (Image: Sony) Sony Corporation plans to release a high-precision GNSS receiver for use in internet of things (IoT) and wearable devices. The...
ESA shifts from Galileo transition plan to full second-generation plan. News from the European Space Agency With 26 satellites now in orbit and more than 1.5 billion smartphones and devices worldwide...
The U.S. Air Force has released the 5th Edition of the GPS Standard Positioning System (SPS) Performance Standard (PS), according to U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center (NAVCEN) Civil GPS Service...
News from the U.S. Air Force, 50th Space Wing Despite the worldwide COVID-19 response, the 50th Space Wing at Schriever Air Force Base continues to execute its critical operations, while ensuring the...
The Royal Institute of Navigation (RIN) has issued a call for papers for the Navigation 2021 conference. The conference, which as of now will be held virtually Nov. 15-18, 2021, will bring together...
Terry McGurn Terence James (Terry) McGurn, former GPS World Editorial Advisory Board member and long-time CIA analyst, died on Aug. 28 at the age of 84, according to an obituary in the Fairfax...
Spirent Communications today introduced the GSS6300M range of multi-channel GPS and multi-GNSS simulators for receiver integrators, application developers, aftercare and production testing...