| GPS Flexible Power Coming on September 7 September 2, 2010
News By: Don Jewell From September 7 to September 11, Air Force Space Command (AFSPC) will conduct what I like to call a "Tim the Tool Man Taylor" more-power exercise, which they have chosen to more appropriately call a Flex-Power Space and Control Segment Integration Checkout. No one really expects any problems to...More>> |
| Air Force Reorganization May Drastically Affect GPS Program August 30, 2010
News By: Alan Cameron The U.S. Department of Defense has totally revamped the USAF portion of National Security Space. A communiqué on this subject has appeared, signed by the Under Secretary for the Air Force, although the changes it puts in place are of an order of importance that certainly indicates decisions taken...More>> |
| First GPS Block IIF Satellite Set Healthy August 27, 2010
News By: Richard B. Langley GPS satellite SVN62 (PRN25) was set healthy today (27 August) at 04:10 UTC. The satellite, the first of 12 Block IIFs, was launched on 28 May 2010 and went through a three-month evaluation and commissioning period.
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| GPS Wing Receives First Ground-Based GPS Receivers from Rockwell Collins August 26, 2010
The GPS Wing announces that Rockwell Collins has delivered 21 prototype ground-based GPS receiver application module modernized receivers, which were developed under the GPS Wing’s Receiver Card Development program. These GB-GRAM-M receivers have completed the contractor’s formal qualification...More>> |
 | 50th Space Wing Gains Control of Block IIF GPS Satellite August 26, 2010
The 50th Space Wing's 2nd Space Operations Squadron accepted command and control of the first Global Positioning System Block IIF satellite at 9 a.m. Wednesday. The 45th Space Wing at Patrick AFB successfully launched a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket carrying the first Boeing-built...More>> |
| Braxton Called in from Bullpen for IIF Relief August 10, 2010
During the week of August 2, the Architecture Evolution Plan (AEP) software installed at the master control station at 50th Space Wing Space Operations Centers (SOC) temporarily lost contact with or command and control (C2) of the IIF satellite undergoing testing and initialization, during a Delta...More>> |
| Air Force Announces Civil Navigation Test Vectors for GPS IIF Satellite August 2, 2010
The GPS IIF satellite, launched from Cape Canaveral AFS on May 27, 2010, is now in the middle of its checkout process, and civil signal monitoring is an integral part of the GPS Wing's L-Band Signal-in-Space (SIS) performance assessment, according to Rick Hamilton, CGSIC Executive Secretariat of...More>> |
| ION Accepting Abstracts for Autonomous Weapon Summit, Systems Workshop July 14, 2010
Abstract submissions are now being accepted for the Institute of Navigation’s Autonomous Weapons Summit & GNC Challenges for Miniature Autonomous Systems Workshop to be held October 25-27 at the Emerald Coast Conference Center, Fort Walton Beach, Florida. The Summit and Workshop are being...More>> |
 | Juniper Launches Mesa Rugged Notepad July 13, 2010
Juniper Systems, Inc. has introduced at the ESRI International User Conference the Mesa Rugged Notepad. Juniper says it's as the latest addition to its lineup of rugged handheld computers, and ships later this year. The Geo models have integrated real-time SBAS and an accuracy of 2 to 5 meters, as...More>> |
| Industry Sectors Featured in Redesigned NovAtel Website July 1, 2010
NovAtel Inc., an original equipment manufacturer of precise global positioning technology, has unveiled its new corporate website. The company’s website has been enhanced to make it easier to find information online regarding all of NovAtel’s precise positioning products such as GNSS receivers,...More>> |
