The UN ICG group visited ESTEC on May 16 during a meeting in the Netherlands. News from the European Space Agency (ESA) Members of the United Nations (UN) technical group supporting global cooperation in satellite navigation toured ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands to see key facilities used to develop Europe’s Galileo system. Delegates from the UN’s International Committee on... read more
Where is it?Intentional or unintentional, GNSS interference means headaches, if not worse. This month’s Innovation column tells us how to detect GNSS interference and find its source so that remedial action can be taken. read more
Orolia’s atomic clock solutions have been selected for the Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) under contracts totaling 26 million euros for an additional 12 Galileo satellites. This latest initiative builds on Orolia’s long-standing role in providing precise timing technology for satellite programs, including Galileo. Each satellite will carry two rubidium atomic clocks and two passive hydrogen masers, considered the most stable... read more
The University of Nottingham is working with Brazilian and European Union (EU) partners to solve atmospheric interference problems that hamper satellite-based positioning in equatorial countries like Brazil. The research network will support the advancement of precision agriculture, which aims to make crop farming practices cheaper, greener and more efficient using satellite positioning and remote sensing. These technologies rely on GNSS... read more
Esri is releasing Sentinel-2 Image Services to all Esri users for no additional cost. According to the company, Sentinel-2 is an Earth Observation Satellite that provides multi-spectral imagery for any location in the world at 10-meter resolution. Currently in beta, the service is updated daily with new imagery for all ground locations every five to seven days. The Sentinel-2 Image... read more
The United Kingdom and the European Union (EU) continue locked in conflict over Galileo post-Brexit, much akin to a divorce dispute over the children. The European Commission has initiated proceedings to exclude the U.K. and its companies from security work on Galileo before the country’s exit from the bloc next year, a move that presages exclusion from use of the... read more
The culmination of several years of test and analysis conducted by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the assessment will play a key role in the Federal Communications Commission’s upcoming decision on a proposal from Ligado Networks. The long-awaited Final Report for the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Adjacent Band Compatibility (ABC) Assessment was released on April 26. The report is the... read more
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