What’s the biggest challenge in simulating new GNSS signals for manufacturers’ product testing? “Anyone can follow a spec, but real expertise is required for interpreting nascent ICDs, looking for inconsistencies and pitfalls. The first receivers to market may not always get it right, especially before and during early live-sky signal broadcasts.” — John Fischer, Orolia “The challenge is twofold. Manufacturers... read more
A new island near Tonga has officially been surveyed, courtesy of Goddard NASA scientist Dan Slayback. Most new islands vanish as fast as they appear from punishing ocean waves, but this one is different. It’s one of only three volcanic islands to live longer than a few months in the past 150 years, and the first survivor since satellites began... read more
Jackson Labs Technologies has released the latest upgrades to its GPS simulator and transcoder product line. The latest version of freeware application SimCon rev. 1.20 is now available. New features include: Single-button GPS Week Number Rollover testing to test when GPS receivers will fail (hardly any will fail April 6; most older units will fail sometime between now and 2025).... read more
Allystar Technology Co. Ltd. has launched its smallest multi-band multi-GNSS module, the TAU-0707. Within its 7.6 x 7.6 millimeter size, the TAU-0707 series module supports major GNSS constellations (GPS / Galileo / GLONASS / BeiDou / QZSS / IRNSS) and all civil bands (L1, L2, L5, L6). As the latest addition to Allystar’s GNSS portfolio, the TAU-0707 series module is... read more
Acquisition Expands Orolia’s Global Footprint into Canada. Orolia has acquired Skydel Solutions, a GPS/GNSS signal simulation company based in Montreal, Canada. Orolia made the announcement at the Association of the U.S. Army’s Global Force Exhibition in Huntsville, Alabama. Orolia is a resilient positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) solutions company and a partner of U.S., NATO and allied forces. The company... read more
The U.S. Air Force’s second new GPS III satellite, bringing higher-power, more accurate and harder-to-jam signals to the GPS constellation, has arrived in Florida for launch. On March 18, Lockheed Martin shipped the Air Force’s second GPS III space vehicle (GPS III SV02) to Cape Canaveral for an expected July launch. Designed and built at Lockheed Martin’s GPS III Processing Facility... read more
Check out some GPS developments that have recently taken place around the world. (Click to enlarge; Map: iStock.com/nadla) 1. When horses answer the call Taking a ride in a horse-drawn carriage delights many visitors to historic Charleston, South Carolina. Until now, city crews cleaning up the presents horses leave behind have relied on flag indicators left by carriage operators. Now the... read more
Golden Software, a developer of software for data visualization and analysis, has released Version 14 of the Grapher scientific graphing package with new plotting and customizing functionality. Available today, Grapher 14 is downloadable by all users with active maintenance agreements. A preview version of Grapher 15 is now available, giving active users pre-release access to new fit curve and statistical... read more
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