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Airbus completes design review for Galileo 2-gen satellites

March 9, 2022 - By

Airbus satellite design passes important project milestone, preparing for industrialized manufacturing concept Airbus has successfully completed the preliminary design review (PDR) for its system concept for the second-generation Galileo navigation satellites. During this important milestone, Airbus’ proposed preliminary design and the customer’s system requirements have been fully reviewed and agreed upon. Galileo is managed and funded by the European Union.... read more

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MetaGeo launches 3D mapping platform

March 8, 2022 - By

MetaGeo has launched a geographic information system (GIS) platform to enable organizations of all sizes to host, analyze, find and share 3D map datasets among any internet-capable devices. The platform processes location-based map or sensor data from the real world, combines it into a single 3D virtual environment, and streams it to any device or mapping platform. The affordable and... read more

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Pix4D offers RTK rover for iOS devices

March 8, 2022 - By

Pix4D is now offering a real-time kinematic (RTK) rover for use with iOS devices. The Pix4D viDoc RTK handheld rover attaches to iOS devices to bring RTK accuracy to terrestrial scanning on iPhones and iPads. When paired with the PIX4Dcatch mobile app, the viDoc rover can replace survey tools such as RTK GNSS rovers and terrestrial scanners, the company said.... read more

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First transmission of L1C/B by QZS-1R

March 8, 2022 - By and

By Peter Steigenberger, Steffen Thoelert, Sergei Yudanov and Markus Ramatschi The Japanese QZS-1R satellite was launched on Oct. 26, 2021, from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. It serves as a replenishment for QZS-1, the first spacecraft of the Japanese Quasi-Zenith Satellite System (QZSS) in orbit since September 2010. QZS-1R joins the current QZSS constellation of three satellites in inclined... read more

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Directions 2022: Now 3 years old, QZSS hits its stride

March 8, 2022 - By

By Satoshi Kogure Director, National Space Policy Secretariat Cabinet Office, Japan/QZSS Strategy Office At 02:19:37 UTC on Oct. 26, 2021, a new satellite in the QZSS constellation — QZS-1R — was launched from the Tanegashima Space Center in Japan. It is the fifth satellite in the constellation and the replacement of the first satellite, launched in September 2010.  As of... read more

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OneNav announces pureL5 GNSS digital IP core

March 8, 2022 - By

The PureL5 Customer Evaluation System is being tested by California and Chinese companies OneNav has announced the commercial availability of its pureL5 GNSS digital IP core. The pureL5 digital IP core’s architecture enables it to directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and GLONASS without any L1 aiding. This eliminates the entire L1 RF chain, saves... read more

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Net Insight partners with Meinberg on time synchronization solutions

March 8, 2022 - By

Net Insight’s sync solution becomes fully PTP-standard compliant with synchronization module for 5G and other mission-critical networks Net Insight has selected Meinberg’s precision time protocol (PTP) software stack — Precision TimeNet — to implement full PTP functionality in all of its platforms. The Precision TimeNet solution offers a GNSS-independent delivery of high-accuracy timing across any IP vendor network, which can... read more

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Using modern PCs to carry the load

March 8, 2022 - By

By Julian Thomas Managing Director, Racelogic Driving simulators are commonly used by vehicle manufacturers to expedite the test and development process of their many electronic systems. This not only saves the considerable time and expense of using a real car on a test track, but it is, of course, significantly more environmentally friendly. LabSat simulators are used by many leading... read more

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