The scheduled launch of the first GPS III satellite on December 18 was scrubbed, reportedly due to first stage liquid oxygen thermal limit constraints aboard the SpaceX Falcon 9 Block 5 launch vehicle’s first stage reaching safety limits. A second…
Where have all the SBAS gone? Space Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) – known in North America as the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA’s) Wide Area Augmentation System (WAAS) – have been fully operational in one form or another for several years. The…
Allystar Technology Co. Limited, headquartered in Shenzhen, China, has released a multi-band multi-GNSS chipset, the HD9310. The new product is based on the Cynosure III architecture integrating multi-band multi-system GNSS RF and baseband. A multi-band, multi-system system-on-chip, it supports BeiDou-3…
GPS III SV01 is now encapsulated and will be placed on the SpaceX rocket for Dec. 18 launch. (Photo: Lockheed Martin) The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 launch…
Yury Urlichich, First Deputy Director General, Roscosmos. (Photo: Roscosmos) By Yury Urlichich First Deputy Director General, Roscosmos State Space Corporation The year 2019 will bring GLONASS users many new opportunities. Improving navigation services specifically at the user level, primarily assessed…
Following the 2018 Public Interface Control Working Group (ICWG) in September, the GPS Directorate invites additional public comments on the following Proposed Interface Revision Notices (PIRNs) due to the nature of changes since the June 2018 review. The documents are…
The M.A.D.S. radomes track drones at the port, so they can be identified as beneficial or a threat. (Photo: Martek) The Port of Amsterdam has begun a four-week trial of a drone detection system. Martek Anti-Drone Systems is providing its…
As part of ongoing global expansion, Microdrones has announced a merger with Schübeler Technologies. Since its founding in 1997, Schübeler has built a global business by providing advanced fan propulsion jets and lightweight composite materials fabrication. Offering a full product…
On Dec. 4, President Trump signed the Frank LoBiondo U.S. Coast Guard Authorization Act of 2018. Included in that bill was the National Timing Security and Resilience Act of 2018. The act tasks the Secretary of Transportation with establishing a…
