After several delays, the first GPS III satellite has successfully deployed from the SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, which launched from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida at 8:51 a.m. EST on Dec. 23. The satellite, built by Lockheed Martin, will serve in space for 15 years. Ten days following the launch, the satellite will circularize its orbit at... read more
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 FAA’s incremental improvements to integrity, accuracy and reliability in WAAS have brought the system to a point where we have precision... read more
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 attempt on December 19 was later ruled out due to ongoing evaluations into the sensor issue. The launch window may... read more
Hemisphere GNSS’ Miles Ware discusses the company’s line of RTK positioning products and GNSS technology at Intergeo 2018, which took place Oct. 16-18 in Frankfurt, Germany. The solutions are suitable for the marine, machine control and land survey markets. read more
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 in terms of signal accuracy and availability, is our primary goal. Improving navigation accuracy is based on space system development, including both the orbital constellation (space segment) and ground... read more
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