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iXM-RS150F camera introduced by Phase One

November 23, 2018 - By

James Wardlow, Phase One Industrial’s system sales manager, highlights the company’s new iXM-RS150F camera at Intergeo 2018 in Frankfurt, Germany. read more

Absolute Precision displays AP100 OEM GNSS receiver line at Intergeo 2018

November 23, 2018 - By

Absolute Precision’s Konstantina Yuriev shares key highlights of the company’s AP100 GNSS receiver line at Intergeo 2018, which took place Oct. 16-18 in Frankfurt, Germany. read more

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FAA program advances drone integration in National Airspace System

November 20, 2018 - By

This report covers a number of UAV topics, including the news of another U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) program to advance drone integration in the U.S. National Airspace System (NAS); an initial effort towards Type Certification for a larger UAV/UAS; cautious steps to protect U.S. Navy and Coast Guard ships from unwanted drone overflight; and what would appear to be... read more

Javad GNSS tracks new BeiDou AltBoC signals

November 19, 2018 - By

Recently launched satellites of BeiDou Phase 3 program have started broadcasting new signals. Javad GNSS announced successful tracking of these signals and provided the adjacent figures. Interface control documents (ICDs) for B1C and B2A signals are available, while an ICD for the other signal, called B2B, has not yet been published. The company tracked the signal on the 1207.14 Mhz... read more

Iridium asks FCC to remove ‘outdated’ rules

November 19, 2018 - By

Iridium Satellite Communications Inc. filed comments to the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) on Oct. 29 regarding outdated Ancillary Terrestrial Component (ATC) rules. The company, operator of the Iridium satellite constellation — 66 low-Earth orbit satellites used for global voice and data communication from handheld satellite phones and other transceiver units — called for the rules to be removed by... read more

FAA process 50,000+ LAANC applications for UAVs

November 19, 2018 - By

The Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) nationwide deployment of the Low Altitude Authorization and Notification Capability (LAANC) has exceeded all of the program’s original objectives. Since the program began with a prototype system in November 2017, LAANC has processed more than 50,000 applications from drone operators for authorization to fly in controlled airspace. The system now covers almost 300 air traffic... read more

China completes BeiDou-3 constellation with another launch

November 19, 2018 - By

The launch and deployment of the 42nd and 43rd BeiDou satellites complete the basic BDS-3 constellation. China has successfully sent twin BeiDou satellites into space by a Long March-3B launch vehicle (with an Expedition-1 upper stage) from the Xichang Satellite Launch Center, at 02:07 am, on Nov. 19. The twins, both medium Earth orbit (MEO) satellites, are the 42nd and... read more

2018 Satellites Leadership Award presented to Giuliano Gatti

November 16, 2018 - By and

Javier Benedicto accepted the Satellites Leadership Award on behalf of Giuliano Gatti of the European Space Agency during GPS World’s 2018 Leadership Dinner and Awards Ceremony. read more