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Lawmakers slam DHS for late, error-filled PNT report

June 9, 2020

Members of Congress were not pleased with the new U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) report on positioning, […]

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This article is tagged with Congress, ESA, European Space Agency, Peter DeFazio, PNT report, Report on PNT, U.S. Department of Homeland Security and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

Graphic from MarRINav report showing system of systems approach to PNT resilience and reliability.. (Image: Resilient Navigation and Timing Foundation)

ESA project calls for terrestrial navigation systems to reduce risk

June 3, 2020

Webinar to discuss MarRINav project results In 2018 the first-ever European Radionavigation Plan said “It is recognized that […]

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This article is tagged with alternative PNT, Dana Goward, ESA, European Space Agency, maritime, Maritime Resilience and Integrity of Navigation project, MarRINav, navigation, positioning, Resilient PNT Foundation, terrestrial PNT and posted in GNSS, Latest News

An aerial view of ESTEC. The Erasmus building is at front right. The T building (home to ESA's Galileo team) is in the foreground. (Photo: ESTEC)

Testing suspended on Galileo Batch 3 satellites

March 30, 2020

In response to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the test campaign for the first two satellites of Galileo’s Batch […]

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This article is tagged with coronavirus, COVID-19, EGNOS, ESTEC, European Space Agency, Galileo, Galileo Batch 3, Galileo testing, Horizon 2020, NAVISP, Paul Verhoef and posted in COVID-19, Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

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Analysis of satellite imagery shows reduced NO2 in China, Italy

March 23, 2020

Descartes Labs, a geospatial data analytics company, is using satellite imagery analysis to examine how the coronavirus reduced […]

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This article is tagged with China, Copernicus, coronavirus, COVID-19, data analytics, Earth Observation Programmes, ESA, European Space Agency, Italy, nitrogen dioxide emissions, NO2, satellite imagery, Sentinel-5P and posted in COVID-19, Latest News, Mapping

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Augmented satnav meeting focuses on future development

March 6, 2020

The 6th Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group (SBAS IWG) took place Feb. 5-7 in Delhi, India. During […]

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This article is tagged with Didier Flament, European Space Agency, KASS, Satellite-based Augmentation Systems, Satellite-based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group, SBAS, SBAS IWG, Southern Positioning Augmentation Network, SPAN and posted in GNSS, Latest News

Cospas-Sarsat rescue beacon activated. Its signals are picked up by satellites in orbit, including Galileo. (Photo: GSA)

Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide

January 23, 2020

News from the European Space Agency As well as providing global navigation services, Europe’s Galileo satellite constellation is […]

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This article is tagged with Cospas–Sarsat, distress beacon, ESA, European Space Agency, Galileo, Galileo Return Link Service, Galileo Search and Rescue, rescue beacon, search and rescue and posted in Featured Stories, GNSS, Latest News

A solar flare in 2015. (Photo: Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA)

A day without satellites would affect us all

October 7, 2019

You wake up and turn on the TV. Your usual shows aren’t airing. You flip on the radio […]

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This article is tagged with European Space Agency, ION GNSS+ 2019, NASA, Norwegian Space Agency, Pål Brekke, power grid, satellite, solar flare, solar storms, Tracy Cozzens and posted in From the Magazine, GNSS, Opinions

This pair of testbed vehicles went out on the road in Germany to simulate the way we are all likely to be using 5G positioning services in the future. (Photo: ESA)

ESA tests 5G positioning with GNSS + UWB drive

October 1, 2019

News from the European Space Agency A pair of testbed vehicles went out on the road in Germany […]

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This article is tagged with 3GPP, 4G LTE, 5G, ESA, European GNSS Evolution Programme, European Space Agency, GINTO5G, hybrid positioning, multi-constellation, Munich, NovAtel, Riccardo de Gaudenzi, transportation and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, Mobile, Transportation