All maritime navigators (should) know by heart Rule 5 of the 1972 Convention on the International Regulations for Preventing Collisions at Sea (Colregs for short): “Every vessel shall at all times maintain a proper lookout by sight and hearing as…
Image: SSC Space Systems Command (SSC) has declared GPS III Space Vehicle 10 (SV10) available for launch, marking completion of constellation modernization efforts and production for the GPS III program. “The completion of the tenth, and final, GPS III space…
The RINEX Working Group of the International GNSS Service (IGS) is now available on the IGS website. RINEX 4.00 (2021) is a major revision of the format document to modernize the navigation message files to be able to accommodate the…
The Institute of Navigation’s (ION) ION GNSS+ 2020 advance conference program is now available online. The show, which is the the 33rd International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of the Institute of Navigation, is slated to take place Sept.…
By Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat, U.S. Coast Guard Navigation Center The 59th meeting of the U.S. Civil GPS Service Interface Committee was held Sept. 16-17 at the Hyatt Regency Miami hotel in Miami, Florida, in conjunction with the Institute…
Septentrio’s mosaic chip-level GNSS. (Photo: Septentrio) Septentrio has announced that its mosaic development kit is available for testing and integration. Mosaic is Septentrio’s most compact next-generation, high-precision multi-frequency GPS/GNSS module. Tbe receiver brings precision and reliability of high-end multi-frequency GNSS to…
The OEM7 series. (Photo: NovAtel) The NavIC Indian constellation is now supported in NovAtel’s latest firmware release for its OEM7 series of GNSS receivers. The 7.05.04 firmware release for OEM7 provides the following benefits: Users can achieve a single point…
Tersus GNSS is now offering its Davis real-time kinematic (RTK) GNSS receiver with seven new base/rover kits. Tersus GNSS is a provider of centimeter-accuracy GNSS RTK solutions. The Tersus David GNSS receiver with its components create an affordable solution delivering…
A software-based GNSS receiver from Galileo Satellite Navigation (GSN) is now available for the Cadence Tensilica Fusion F1 digital signal processor (DSP). The software-based GNSS receiver allows customers to add full GPS functionality with design flexibility and long-term upgradeability at a…
