Illustration of side-lobe signals from GPS satellites. (Image: ESA) Two European Space Agency studies found that the signal from navigation satellites orbiting Earth could be used to navigate the...
To meet the challenges inherent in producing a low-cost, highly CPU-efficient software receiver, the multiple offset post-processing method leverages the unique features of software GNSS to greatly...
PRN 17, the first IIR-M satellite launched in September 2005, began broadcasting the second GPS civil signal, L2C, in December 2005. PRN 17 is the first in the new generation of GPS satellites with...
Spirent’s GSS9000 constellation simulator. Spirent Communications, provider of testing solutions for positioning and navigations systems, has introduced the Spirent GSS9000...
The Institute of Navigation (ION) celebrated its 75th anniversary on June 25. On June 25, 1945, ION held its first organizational meeting on the Los Angeles Campus of the University of California....
DHS report cover The U.S. Department of Homeland Security “did exactly what was required by Congress” in issuing its report in June on positioning, navigation and timing (PNT),...
Photo: Septentrio Septentrio has unveiled the AsteRx-m2 Sx OEM board, which provides a GPS/GNSS receiver with always-on sub-decimeter accuracy without the need for additional correction service...
Latest additions to the Eclipse line The Hemisphere GNSS P326 OEM board. The P326 and P327 support 394 channels and are scalable, offering centimeter-level accuracy in single-frequency or full...
Logan Scott Spectrum regulation is much like land-use zoning: certain services are kept separate to avoid disturbing the neighbors. The U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) has in effect...
Current u-blox GNSS platforms — from u-blox M8 and beyond — support the recently completed BeiDou navigation satellite system modernizations, improving the availability of GNSS positioning...
The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) Satellite Division presented several annual awards Sept. 25 during the ION GNSS+ Virtual Conference. Morton Honored with Kepler Award Y. Jade Morton received...
LabSat 3 by Racelogic is a lightweight and portable system for GNSS testing, capable of recording and replaying the raw radio signals including GPS L1, GLONASS L1, Galileo E1, BeiDou B1, QZSS and...
GMV will search using artificial intelligence for any correlations between COVID-19 spread and environmental parameters. Image: ESA The European Space Agency (ESA) has launched an internal...
A Hansel and Gretel Approach to Cooperative Vehicle Positioning By Scott Stephenson, Xiaolin Meng, Terry Moore, Anthony Baxendale, and Tim Edwards MEET GEORGE JETSON. Those of us of a certain age...
The successful demo consolidates concept designs for a proposed land-sensing ESA Scout mission, HydroGNSS Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) has successfully demonstrated GNSS reflectometry...
KVH photonics engineers test PICs for validation prior to production. (Photo: KVH) In June, KVH Industries launched the P-1775 inertial measurement unit (IMU), featuring its new PIC Inside photonic...
NASA is partnering with the New Zealand Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment, New Zealand Space Agency, Air New Zealand and the University of Auckland to install next-generation GNSS...
The United Nations is spotlighting the benefits of satellite navigation and its contribution to the betterment of humankind as part of the observance of World Space Week — an annual...
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...