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MARCH 30, 2021

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Galileo satellite performs collision avoidance maneuver

In a first for Galileo, a satellite performed a collision-avoidance maneuver to avoid space debris following a collision risk alert received from EU Space Surveillance and Tracking.

OxTS offers tiny inertial navigation system for drone surveys

Oxford Technical Solutions (OxTS) has released the xNAV650, the latest in its line of inertial navigation systems (INS), suitable for use on drones.

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Military GPS user equipment capability heads to allies

The U.S. Space Force has authorized the loan of military code (M-code) capable GPS receiver cards to allies for laboratory and field testing.

Trimble launches timing module for 5G network synchronization

Trimble has introduced its first dual-frequency embedded timing module that provides next-generation networks with 5-nanosecond accuracy.

PTP now available on all OxTS next-generation devices

Oxford Technical Services (OxTS) has launched precision time protocol (PTP) master functionality on all of its next-generation inertial navigation systems.

ST joins with OQmented on MEMS mirror-based solution

STMicroelectronics and OQmented, a startup focused on MEMS-mirror technology, have agreed to collaborate on the advancement of the technology for augmented reality and 3D-sensing markets.

Army approves requirement for Navigation Warfare

The U.S. Army’s Assured Positioning, Navigation and Timing/Space Cross-Functional Team has approved the Navigation Warfare Situational Awareness Abbreviated Capability Development Document.

NASA analyzes navigation needs of Artemis Moon missions

Space communications and navigation engineers at NASA are evaluating the navigation needs for the Artemis program, including identifying the precision navigation capabilities needed to establish the first sustained presence on the lunar surface.

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Rokubun launches JASON GNSS PPK service in the cloud

Robukun has launched JASON, a satellite navigation service for accurate geolocation. With JASON, users can achieve highly accurate geolocation without a base station, Robukun said.

OpenARC provides positioning platform for autonomous vehicles

The OpenARC positioning service is now commercially available. OpenARC is a precise-positioning hardware and software platform for system integration of GNSS corrections with high-performance inertial navigation system (INS) and real-time kinematic (RTK) hardware.

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Diving into UAV lidar surveys

The worlds of UAVs, lidar and surveying overlap, with UAV-based lidar able to shed light on places that are difficult or dangerous to access by other means.

GPS + modeling reveal shrinking glacier

The Juneau Icefield Research Program (JIRP) calculates that thinning of Alaska’s Taku Glacier has increased from an average rate of 0.5 meter to 2 meters per year over the past two decades.

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