Category: GPS

Space Force, NRO launch space observation satellites

Image: SSC Space Systems Command (SSC), the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO), United Launch Alliance (ULA) and their mission partners successfully launched the “Silent Barker”/NROL-107 mission aboard an Atlas V rocket September 10, 2023, at 8:47 a.m. EDT from Space Launch Complex (SLC)-41…
ION GNSS+ 2023: Day two recap

ION GNSS+ 2023 is underway at the Hyatt Regency Denver at Colorado Convention Center. On the second day, industry leaders and show attendees gathered for the 63rd meeting of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee. During a break, a cake…
M3 Systems launches project for reconfigurable GNSS payload in LEO

M3 Systems has launched a disruptive project, co-financed by the Occitanie Region, aiming to provide new GNSS services. Image: M3 Systems The IOD-full software-defined radio (SDR) GNSS project will enable new services through a reconfigurable SDR payload, enabling on-demand analysis…
New Receivers for More Signals

JAVAD GNSS’ Triump-1Mh Plus receiver has 874 channels for acquiring all available GNSS satellites and patented mobile antenna technology for robust UHF and cellular communications. (Image: JAVAD) As most readers of this magazine know, GPS, like the other three GNSS,…

Last month’s column highlighted GEO-ESCON and how it supported the advancement of the science of geodesy. That said, the National Geodetic Survey (NGS) has been working to improve the National Spatial Reference System (NSRS) by replacing the North American Datum…
Seen & Heard: Invasive species vs. UAVs and protecting farms with GIS

“Seen & Heard” is a monthly feature of GPS World magazine, traveling the world to capture interesting and unusual news stories involving the GNSS/PNT industry. I Wonder What’s Under There? Image: Lokibaho/iStock/Getty Images Plus/Getty Images Researchers at the University of…
The power to outpace the threat

[SPONSORED CONTENT] What if the biggest receiver upgrade came with the smallest mission interruption and impact to your budget? BAE Systems is delivering the latest in portable M-Code GPS technology. The NavGuide receiver is a portable, secure GPS receiver made…
The world is on fire: Wildfires rage in Greece

One month after fire blazed through the Greek island of Rhodes in July 2023, more fires have ripped through Greece amid a heatwave in southern Europe, reported the European Space Agency (ESA). A Copernicus Sentinel-2 image (Figure 1) shows the…

Read Richard Langley’s introduction to this article: “Innovation Insights: Falcon Gold analysis redux” Figure 1: Diagram of cis-lunar space, which includes the real GPS sidelobe data collected on an HEO space vehicle. (All figures provided by the authors) As part…