Category: GPS

Syntony GNSS partners with Xona Space Systems

  Credit: Syntony GNSS Syntony GNSS and Xona Space Systems have partnered to integrate the low-Earth-orbit (LEO) position, navigation and timing (PNT) constellation from Xona into GNSS simulators and receiver solutions from Syntony. This partnership is part of Syntony’s and…
Topcon invests in DDK Positioning

  Credit: DDK Positioning Topcon Positioning Systems has made an investment in DDK Positioning, a UK-based GNSS receiver and precise point positioning correction services company. DDK Positioning delivers services over the Iridium network to provide global precision positioning services that…
Who are the GPS operators? What do they do?

Lt. Col. Robert O. wray commands the 2nd Space Operations Squadron (2 SOPS), which operates GPS around the clock supplemented by members of the 19th Space Operations Squadron (19 SOPS). (Credit: U.S. Space Force photo by Dennis Rogers) Exclusive GPS…

Inertial Labs has released the OS3DM, a multi-purpose sub-miniature 3D orientation sensor designed for real-time orientation tracking applications. The OS3DM contains three types of sensing elements including tri-axial MEMS gyroscopes, tri-axial MEMS accelerometers, and tri-axial magneto-resistive magnetometers. The sensor also…

On April 15, TrustPoint, an aerospace startup that provides GNSS products and services, launched its first satellite. The satellite, named It’s About Time, enables TrustPoint to demonstrate core technologies as it progresses towards delivering GPS-independent global time and positioning services.…
Launchpad: GNSS receivers, timing modules, survey applications

A roundup of recent products in the GNSS and inertial positioning industry from the April 2023 issue of GPS World magazine. TIMING Image: Furuno Global Timing Module Supports L1 and L5 GNSS signals GT-100 is compatible with all GNSS constellations. The…
Editorial Advisory Board Q&A: NATO Galileo and GPS integration

How do/will/should North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces integrate GPS and Galileo for position, navigation and time? Ellen Hall   “For improved resiliency, it would be a great move for NATO to integrate Galileo with GPS into their system. The ‘how’…
First Fix: How GNSS helps farmers’ profits

Matteo Luccio Precision agriculture (PA) — which uses electronic information to better manage spatial and temporal variability in crops, livestock, forestry and other biological systems — is profitable, as proven by the rapid and widespread adoption of GNSS guidance for…
SSC releases Epoch 2 RFI for industry inputs on MW/MT satellites

Image: Lockheed Martin The Resilient Missile Warning, Missile Tracking, and Missile Defense Acquisition Delta of the U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) has released a request for information (RFI) seeking industry inputs for the next Epoch of medium-Earth-orbit missile…