New research by Bjorn Bergman of the environmental non-profit SkyTruth has found ships in various parts of the world reporting locations thousands of miles away and circling at precisely 20 knots....
U.S. Capitol Building. (Photo: RNTF) Last week, 27 members of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee sent a letter to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chairman Ajit Pai. In it, they urged him...
A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the September 2020 issue of GPS World magazine. OEM Inertial sensors Includes four models Photo: SGB Systems The...
Using Microwaves and Laser Ranging for Precise Orbit Determination By Erik Schönemann, Tim A. Springer, Michiel Otten, and Matthias Becker Though Galileo’s GIOVE-A is a test satellite not...
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),...
The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center on July 14 delivered the fourth GPS III satellite to Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The satellite is scheduled for launch on Sept....
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of cellular and GNSS modules, has released the LC29D module. Photo: Quectel The LC29D is a sub-meter level GNSS module that integrates dead reckoning...
BeiDou constellation. (Image: BeiDou program) China completed its worldwide BeiDou navigation satellite system with the launch of its final satellite on June 23, according to China Global Television...
Getting the Best in Both Worlds By Karsten Mueller, Jamal Atman, Nikolai Kronenwett and Gert F. Trommer Innovation Insights with Richard Langley IT DOESN’T WORK EVERYWHERE. GPS, that is. Unlike...
China successfully launched the penultimate Beidou navigation satellite on March 9. An official Xinhuanet news release has not yet been issued, but CGTN — a television station partially funded by...
Image: NOAA The COSMIC-1 program ended on May 1, when the last of six tiny satellites were decommissioned. The satellites were launched 14 years ago, and outlived their planned lifespan by 12 years....
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...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1z-VTpWboJI Hemisphere GNSS announced the Eclipse P328 OEM module at Intergeo 2016, which was held Sept. 11-13 in Hamburg, Germany. The Eclipse P328 is the next...
David Last (Photo: @harriethallphoto via Dana Goward) The Resilient Navigation and Timing (RNT) Foundation is leading a drive to establish a scholarship fund in honor of the late Professor David...
Quectel Wireless Solutions, a global supplier of cellular and GNSS modules, has released the LC29D module. Photo: Quectel The LC29D is a sub-meter level GNSS module that integrates dead reckoning...
Professor Langley (fourth from left) discusses the UNB geodesy program with Canadian Science Minister Ed Holder (third from left.) The Canadian Minister of State for science and technology, Ed...
u-blox’s has revealed its latest receiver, the miniature Untethered Dead Reckoning (UDR) EVA-M8E. Measuring 7 millimeters by 7 millimeters, the EVA-M8E is designed to provide positioning...
Approval is given for Arianespace’s Ariane 5 flight on July 31 Arianespace’s fifth mission of 2020 has been given the green light for liftoff following a July 29 launch readiness review conducted...
Photo: Andrea Izzotti/Shutterstock.com Eight senators sent a letter on June 4 to Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Ajit Pai asking a series of questions about the agency’s decision on...
The GNSS market landscape is expanding due to the rapid growth of GNSS-enabled wearables and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) coupled with new innovation opportunities around low-cost precision GNSS,...