[SIGNALS exclusive] As the contractor for the new GPS ground system works its way through a make-or-break 90-day evaluation period, the U.S. Air Force (USAF) is weighing whether it should look at leapfrogging past that program and shifting control of the newest GPS satellites to a new common ground system for Air Force space assets.
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For the first time, a GLONASS-K next-generation GNSS satellite has begun providing on-orbit services. ( more)
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Addressing a long-unfulfilled presidential mandate, the Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT) Executive Committee (ExCom) has taken on reponsibility for initiating a process to identify and develop requirements for a complementary national PNT, in effect, a backup system to GPS in case of outages from natural or man-made events. ( more)
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DoT Seeks Receivers for Long-Awaited ABC Interference Tests
Federal testing is about to begin to determine how much interference GPS receivers can tolerate from their spectrum neighbors. ( more) |
Representatives of the world's GNSS providers outlined the current plans and progress of their systems at the 2016 Munich Satellite Navigation Summit in Germany earlier this month. ( more)
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The Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO) announced the successful March 10 launch of the sixth satellite in the Indian Regional Navigation Satellite System (IRNSS). ( more) |
