University celebrates International GNSS Day
The University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton, Canada, celebrated International GNSS Day on Oct. 23, hosted by the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering, with a cake imprinted with the Institute of Navigation (ION) announcement graphic. More than 50 people from all over the university showed up for a slice of cake. There was plenty to go around!
This global event, initiated by ION, commemorates the profound impact of GNSS on our world.
“International GNSS Day, celebrated on Oct. 23, is a tribute to the foundational 10.23 MHz frequency that underpins all GPS and GNSS technology. This frequency, which serves as the cornerstone of the signals for over 100 navigation satellites today, marks the date as a special occasion for those involved in positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technologies.”
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About the Author: Richard B. Langley
Richard B. Langley is a professor in the Department of Geodesy and Geomatics Engineering at the University of New Brunswick (UNB) in Fredericton, Canada, where he has been teaching and conducting research since 1981. He has a B.Sc. in applied physics from the University of Waterloo and a Ph.D. in experimental space science from York University, Toronto. He spent two years at MIT as a postdoctoral fellow, researching geodetic applications of lunar laser ranging and VLBI. For work in VLBI, he shared two NASA Group Achievement Awards. Professor Langley has worked extensively with the Global Positioning System. He has been active in the development of GPS error models since the early 1980s and is a co-author of the venerable “Guide to GPS Positioning” and a columnist and contributing editor of GPS World magazine. His research team is currently working on a number of GPS-related projects, including the study of atmospheric effects on wide-area augmentation systems, the adaptation of techniques for spaceborne GPS, and the development of GPS-based systems for machine control and deformation monitoring. Professor Langley is a collaborator in UNB’s Canadian High Arctic Ionospheric Network project and is the principal investigator for the GPS instrument on the Canadian CASSIOPE research satellite now in orbit. Professor Langley is a fellow of The Institute of Navigation (ION), the Royal Institute of Navigation, and the International Association of Geodesy. He shared the ION 2003 Burka Award with Don Kim and received the ION’s Johannes Kepler Award in 2007.
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