Figure: Peter Steigenberger, Oliver Montenbruck, Steffen Thoelert and Richard Langley

First light: Broadcast of L1C by GPS III

March 19, 2019

By Peter Steigenberger, Oliver Montenbruck, Steffen Thoelert and Richard Langley Less than three weeks after its launch, the […]

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All hail the GPS Gold Standard’s new golden era

January 10, 2019

Elsewhere in this (January) issue you’ll find the hard facts — basic, but hard — concerning the inaugural […]

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket orbited the first GPS III satellite on Dec. 23, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

GPS III finally aloft, benefits on the way

January 9, 2019

On December 23, the first GPS III satellite entered an orbit around Earth, after a five-day delay. This […]

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Surveyors and GNSS in 2018 — A look ahead to 2019

January 9, 2019

Calendar pages allows seem to fly by quickly, and 2018 was no different. While many of the items […]

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SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket orbited the first GPS III satellite on Dec. 23, 2018. (Photo: SpaceX)

First GPS III satellite flies to historic perch in space

January 8, 2019

After several launch delays, the first GPS III satellite successfully deployed from a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket, rising from Cape […]

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A Falcon 9 rocket awaits launch. Photo: SpaceX

First GPS III launch delayed for rocket issues

December 19, 2018

The scheduled launch of the first GPS III satellite on December 18 was scrubbed, reportedly due to first […]

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Three available options for the HD9310 chipset. Graphic: Allystar Technology

Allystar releases multi-band GNSS raw data chip and module

December 17, 2018

Allystar Technology Co. Ltd., headquartered in Shenzhen, China, has released a multi-band multi-GNSS chipset, the HD9310. The new […]

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GPS III SV01 is now encapsulated and awaiting launch scheduled for Dec. 18. (Photo: Lockheed Martin)

First GPS III satellite encapsulated for Dec. 18 SpaceX launch

December 11, 2018

The U.S. Air Force’s first Lockheed Martin-built GPS III satellite is now encapsulated for its planned Dec. 18 […]

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