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…
Final GPS III satellite available for launch

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…
RINEX 4.00 format now available

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…
ION GNSS+ 2020 advanced conference program available online

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.…
CGSIC meeting material available for download

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…
First development kits available for Septentrio’s mosaic GNSS module

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…