On Jan.11, speaking at a press briefing in Paris, Javier Benedicto, director of navigation for the ESA, announced the agency had completed the procurement process for the low-Earth Orbit Positioning Navigation and Timing (LEO PNT) program.
Laser leveling has been increasingly replaced by machine control systems that enable operators to compare the position of their machine’s blade with a digital grading map, and then guide it very precisely to cut the proper elevation.
Septentrio’s AntaRx GNSS smart antenna — a box containing a receiver, an antenna and supporting electronics — is designed for machine automation and control in construction, precision agriculture and logistics.
Gundersen & Løken AS, in Oslo, Norway, founded in 1899, develops equipment for the construction industry. It uses Septentrio’s AntaRx in its Dig Pilot 3D machine guidance system, which it began to develop in 2007.
Should GPS have a satellite-based high-accuracy service, like Galileo’s and BeiDou’s? What would it take to build it?
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The Russian satellite navigation system is experiencing tough times as Western sanctions and Russia’s ever-growing international isolation seriously complicate its further development.
GNSS users who appreciate that physical monuments can provide verification of GNSS observations can do four things to preserve those monuments and make them more accessible.
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