The European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) retired GIOVE-A navigation mission has become the first civilian satellite to perform GPS position fixes from high orbit. Its results demonstrate that current satnav signals could guide missions much further away in space, up to geostationary orbit or even as far as the Moon. GIOVE-A has been able to fix its position, velocity and time... read more
Editor’s note: This is a reprint of Matt Artz’s April 1 blog. Matt is a GIS and Science Manager at Esri. I’m a big believer in real-time data and have written quite a bit about it recently in GPS World and here at Geospatial Solutions. ———————————————————————————————————————————————————————————– GIS is a platform for understanding our world. In the past, the data that... read more
Colorado State University announced that David Prawel and CSU’s Mechanical Engineering department have begun a new program that assists entrepreneurs and others in the community with 3D printing while training students on this revolutionary new technology. Prawel, a senior research scientist in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, has opened the Idea-2-Product Laboratory to the community so anyone can use this... read more
MAPPS (www.mapps.org), the national association of private sector geospatial firms, will conduct a “Non-Cash Benefits and Salary Survey” to provide a comprehensive overview of the major salary data and benefit programs for pay levels from entry level technical positions through middle management. According to the announcement, the survey is the only one conducted by a professional organization collecting data exclusively... read more
The U.S. Military relies on GPS to aid air, land and sea navigation. Like the GPS units in many automobiles today, a simple receiver and some processing power is all that is needed for accurate navigation. But, what if the GPS satellites suddenly became unavailable due to malfunction, enemy action or simple interference, such as driving into a tunnel? Unavailability... read more
Lockheed Martin has successfully completed a Delta Preliminary Design Review (dPDR) for the next Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite vehicles planned under the U.S. Air Force’s GPS III program. The GPS III program will replace aging GPS satellites, while improving capability to meet the evolving demands of military, commercial and civilian users. GPS III satellites will deliver three times... read more
The radio spectrum is about to get even busier, as Europe’s Galileo satnav system starts services, at the same time the European Space Agency (ESA) tests novel satellite-based telecommunication services. Supporting these developments from the ground, ESA’s new custom-built Telecommunications and Navigation Testbed Vehicle will measure the resulting signals from all over Europe. Adapted from a Mercedes Benz Sprinter van,... read more
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