European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani announced in London that the consortium led by OHB System AG and Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL) will build a further eight satellites for...
Seven-ninths of the way there! The 21st satellite of the BeiDou-3 global constellation, destined to number 27 upon completion, successfully launched from Xichang on June 24. Once in final orbit and...
The long-awaited signal interface control document (ICD) for China’s growing GNSS will appear this month, according to representatives of the system who spoke in a “Compass: Progress, Status, and...
Image: European Space Agency The European Space Agency has chosen Airbus to build the European component of the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere Ionosphere Link Explorer) satellite. SMILE will be the...
Tallysman, a manufacturer of high-performance GNSS antennas and related products, has introduced a magnetic-mount triple-band (plus L-band) GNSS antenna, TW7972, and a dual-band antenna, TW7872....
Photo: Xinhuanet China is planning to complete its updated navigation constellation by 2020, according to China’s news service Xinhuanet. With 35 satellites, the completed BeiDou-3 will...
Topcon Positioning Group has launched two new full constellation GNSS receivers for the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) market. The new B111 and B125 boards are designed for use with a broad...
Update (2/9/17): The Wildwood transmitter is back on the air after a presumed lightning strike affected transmissions. The transmitter stopped broadcasting at 5:35 a.m. EST on Feb. 9. Testing took...
Yang Changfeng, Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System. (Photo: BeiDou) By Yang Changfeng Chief Architect, BeiDou Navigation Satellite System As one of the core Global Navigation...
The GlobalTop Firefly X1 GNSS module. Sierra Wireless, a provider of fully integrated device-to-cloud solutions for the Internet of Things, has completed the acquisition of GlobalTop Technology’s...
Exploring IMU specifications and correlating them to performance of a final product can be daunting, as differences between MEMS sensors are not always apparent. This article presents achievable...
China successfully sent two satellites of the BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) into space from Xichang Satellite Launch Center in Sichuan Province at 15:22 on Dec. 16. So far, 24 medium earth...
A New Way to Test GNSS Receivers By Alexander Mitelman INNOVATION INSIGHTS by Richard Langley GNSS RECEIVER TESTING SHOULD NEVER BE LEFT TO CHANCE. Or should it? There are two common approaches to...
Eutelsat Communications is investigating an incident on one of the two solar arrays on its Eutelsat 5 West B satellite. The satellite, launched Oct. 9, carries a payload for the European GNSS Agency...
Polynesian Exploration Inc. has launched its high-accuracy navigation system for demanding applications such as autonomous driving and unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs). Polynesian Exploration is a...
Time, time, time… See what resiliency brings With the smartphone revolution, we are increasingly reliant on today’s global technology networks. The importance of protecting data centers...
CAST Navigation CAST-SGX GPS Satellite Simulator CAST Navigation CAST-SGX GPS Satellite Simulator The SGX GPS satellite signal simulator from CAST Navigation provides the user with dynamic,...
I’m Walking Here! INNOVATION INSIGHTS with Richard Langley OVER THE YEARS , many philosophers tried to describe the phenomenon of inertia but it was Newton, in his Philosophiæ Naturalis...
Photo: Beidou constellation China’s super-thin rubidium atomic clock, which is just 17 millimeters thick, has been put into mass production, according to Xinhua News Agency. The clock,...
Since 20064g signal jammer buy,4g phone jammer legality,Contributing Editor Tony Murfin is on vacation this month. In place of his column, we bring you an advance look at an important UAV show as applied to surveying and mapping, and a story about drone...
