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Matteo Luccio

GNSS constellations create four strong winds

October 1, 2021

First, there was one. In July 1995, the U.S. Air Force declared the Global Positioning System had met […]

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This article is tagged with BeiDou, First Fix, Galileo, GLONASS, GNSS constellations, IRNSS, NAVIC, Navstar, QZSS, satellite constellations, satnav and posted in GNSS, Opinions

Matteo Luccio

Building a planetary navigation system

August 1, 2021

Soon, global navigation will no longer suffice. Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon after more than […]

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This article is tagged with Artemis, ESA, First Fix, lunar GNSS systems, lunar navigation, NASA, planetary navigation and posted in From the Magazine, Opinions, Space & Earth

Matteo Luccio

First Fix: Let’s start a conversation

June 1, 2021

Last year, GPS World marked its 30th anniversary. That is a testimony to this magazine’s continued relevance, its […]

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This article is tagged with First Fix, GPS World editor, Matteo Luccio and posted in Opinions

First Fix: Two PNTs are better than one

March 22, 2021

With a very good PNT device already installed for flying the aircraft, why not just tap into that […]

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This article is tagged with drone, First Fix, MEMS, opinion, PNT device, second PNT, UAV, UAV navigation and posted in From the Magazine, Opinions, UAV/UGV

David B. Zilkoski

Number of trained US geodesists at crisis level

July 20, 2020

By David Zilkoski, contributing editor, survey scene I attended The Ohio State University (OSU) to obtain my graduate […]

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This article is tagged with David B. Zilkoski, First Fix, geodesists, geodesy, Google FedEx, location-based services, National Geodetic Survey, navigation, precision agriculture, Smart Cities, The Ohio State University, United States and posted in Opinions, Survey

Paul Crampton

First Fix: Don’t wait to update GPS

June 24, 2020

By Paul Crampton, Spirent Federal As we bid farewell to the last GPS-IIA satellite and read of delays […]

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This article is tagged with First Fix, gold standard, GPS constellation, GPS III, GPS L1C, GPS L5, OCX, Paul Crampton, Spirent Federal and posted in GNSS, Opinions

Maintaining the 1-dB standard

February 4, 2020

How do we ensure that GPS is protected from harmful interference? By J. David Grossman, guest columnist Debates […]

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This article is tagged with 1-dB criterion, 1-dB standard, First Fix, GNSS interference, GNSS receivers, GPS Innovation Alliance, GPSIA, International Telecommunications Union, J. David Grossman and posted in From the Magazine, Opinions

dana-goward

US falling behind protecting GPS/GNSS, civilian users

December 4, 2019

No One Is in Charge Guest column by Dana Goward Europe’s scattered monitoring of GNSS signals found almost […]

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This article is tagged with China, Department of Homeland Security, DoD, Europe, First Fix, Loran, PNT strategy, Russia, U.S. Department of Defense and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS, Opinions