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The GPS/GNSS newsletter by Navtech Seminars
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the GPS professional's resource since 1984. |
| February 9, 2005 |
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Editor-in-Chief:
Carolyn P. McDonald (send news items to cmcdonald@navtechgps.com)
Technical
Editor: Keith D. McDonald (satconsult@aol.com)
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1) GPS 2R-M1 ARRIVES AT CAPE CANAVERAL
2) MAY 2-6, 2005 COURSES IN SAN DIEGO, CA
3) NAVTECH'S 2005 PUBLIC COURSE SCHEDULE
4) LINKS TO VARIOUS NAVIGATION INDUSTRY
NEWSLETTERS
5) MEETINGS CALENDAR
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ITEM 1) GPS 2R-M1 ARRIVES AT CAPE
CANAVERAL
The following details are supplied by Keith D. McDonald,
Navtech's
Technical Director.
"The first GPS satellite in the new generation of satellites has
been shipped
from its factory at Lockheed-Martin, Valley Forge, and has
arrived at Cape
Canaveral. The Lockheed-Martin GPS 2R-M1 is slated for launch
May 20 from
Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The new satellite will have the designation GPS 2R-M. With the M
standing
for "Modernized", this is the first GPS satellite that will
carry a 2nd
civilian signal. This signal, the L2C signal ("C" for civilian)
is a
multiplexed signal in phase quadrature to the PY code signal in
L2 and will
enable the civilian community to have a 2nd signal in the clear.
This means
that civilians can start getting corrections for the ionosphere,
the largest
error component in the current civil GPS error budget.
FOC (full operational constellation of 18 satellites) for the
GPS 2R-M
series is now projected to occur in the timeframe of 2010-14.
One satellite
is sufficient for ionospheric correction, and a single satellite
is in view
about 40% of the time. We are not aware of any GPS receivers
capable of
processing the L2C for ionospheric correction at this time, but
will welcome
any information our readers might have on this topic. Surely the
capability is on the horizon (excuse the pun). Eventually, this
signal will
give a worldwide instantaneous correction improving the civil
accuracy to
about 1-3 meters. Currently North America is fairly well covered
with WAAS
signals that provide ionospheric corrections measured at a
number of sites
around the US to WAAS equipped users.
The signal is multiplexed to provide a signal with a data
message as well as
a companion signal without the data message, allowing long
integration times
of signal. This will make the signal more readily available for
indoor use
and certain other applications in the future.
For an item from Spaceflight Now, please see
http://spaceflightnow.com/news/n0502/08gps2rm1/ "
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ITEM 2) MAY 2-6, 2005 COURSES IN SAN
DIEGO, CA
San Diego Marriott Mission Valley Hotel
San Diego, California
356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and Technical Professionals",
taught by
Mr. Keith McDonald and Dr. Jim Sennott (May 2-6, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
111: "GPS Fundamentals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald (May 2,
2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements", taught by Mr. McDonald
(May 2-3, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem122.asp
217: "Introduction to Differential GPS", taught by Dr. Chris
Hegarty (May 4, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
356B: "Advanced GPS Operation for Engineers", taught by Dr.
Chris Hegarty
(May 4-6, 2005) (The first day, Wednesday, is the same as 217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
537: Advanced Integration of GPS and Inertial Navigation Systems
(previously known as Course 536)
Dr. Larry Levy and Dr. Alan Pue, (May 2-4, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem537.asp
521: New Developments in Ambiguity Resolution for GNSS Precise
Positioning
Dr. Kees deJong (May 5-6, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem521.asp
323: GPS Interference & Jamming Issues for Civil and Military
Users
Mr. Logan Scott and Mr. Philip Ward (May 4-5, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem323.asp
212: Test, Evaluation, and Signal Simulation
Mr. Peter Boulton (May 5, 2005)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem212.asp
Please use our online course registration at
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/semreg.asp
If you have any trouble registering online, please give us a
call at (703)256-8900 and we will be happy to take your
registration over the phone. You can also fax your completed
registration form to us at (703)256-8988.
The Marriott Mission Valley in San Diego officially ends our
room reservation block on Friday, April 8 -- our special room
rate might not be available after this date.
If you are planning to attend our courses May 2-6, please make
your reservation by calling (619) 692-3800, or by faxing your
request to (619) 692-0769. PLEASE BE SURE TO IDENTIFY YOURSELF
AS PART OF THE NAVTECH ROOMBLOCK SO THAT YOU RECEIVE OUR SPECIAL
RATES. Government rate rooms are available.
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ITEM 3) NAVTECH'S 2005 PUBLIC COURSE
SCHEDULE
To view our complete 2005 course schedule, please visit us at:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2005schedule.asp
To register for any of our upcoming courses, please follow this
link:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/semreg.asp
To view or download our newest 2005 brochure in PDF format,
please click on this link:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/Navtech2005catalog.pdf
(size 2.06 MB)
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ITEM 4) NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL
WEBSITES (This is an archival list. Please notify us if your own
link changes.)
* The European Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that
is called EGNOS NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite
navigation issues. The latest issue became available for
download May 25, as Issue 1/2004:
http://esamultimedia.esa.int/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm
* To learn about the world's most relied upon GPS technical
magazine, GPS World, go to
http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld
* For the archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN
positioning and timing, go to, go to:
http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html
View their latest newsletter dated September, 2004:
http://www.linkspoint.com/newsletters/newsletter_09_04.html
* For the newsletter published by Professional Surveyor
Magazine, go to
http://www.profsurv.com/newsArc.htm
* Continuously updated newsletter by the US Coast Guard's
Navigation Center "NAVCEN" is at
http://www.navcen.uscg.gov/
* Military and Aerospace magazine's newsletter is found at:
http://mae.pennnet.com/Search/index.cfm?Section=Archives
* Kalman filter site maintained by Gregory F. Welch, UNC, Chapel
Hill, Nc
http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/
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ITEM 5) MEETINGS
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February 8-11, 2005
The 6th Geomatic Week Conference (6GEOMATIC Week)
Barcelona, Spain
Contact: The Institute of Geomatics at
www.setmana-geomatica.org
info@setmana-geomatica.org
(+34) 93 556 92 80
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February 12-16, 2005
International Summit on Approval of Life & Fire Safety Systems &
Equipment,
sponsored by the US Marine Safety Association and co-sponsored
by the International Maritime Organization (IMO)
Miami, Florida
Contact: www.USMSA.org
usmsa@usmsa.org
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March 8-10-2005
2nd Annual Munich Satellite Navigation Summit 2005
Munich, Germany
Contact:
www.munich-satellite-navigation-summit.org
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March 14-15, 2005
CGSIC International Subcommittee European Meeting
of the Civil GPS Service Interface Committee
Prague, Czech Republic
Contact:
Dr. Frantisek Vejrazka
vejrazka@feld.cvut.cz or
Georg Weber
georg.weber@bkg.bund.de or
Rebecca Casswell
rebecca.m.casswell@uscg.mil
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April 12-14, 2005
CERGAL 2005
International Symposium on Certification of Galileo System &
Services
Braunschweig, Germany
Contact http://www.dgon.de , or
email dgon.bonn@t-online.de
Or call +49 (0)228 20197.0
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May 2-6, 2005
Navtech's technical seminars in San Diego, California.
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2005schedule.asp#0502Marriott
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June 27-29, 2005
U.S. ION's 61st Annual Meeting
Royal Sonesta Hotel, Cambridge, Massachusetts
Contact: www.ion.org
Abstracts are due January 31, 2005
UNCLASSIFIED abstracts should go to submit via website below, or
submission@ion.org
(as MSWord or text file)
CLASSIFIED abstracts should go BY MAIL TO
Elliott Kaplan, the MITRE Corporation
Attn.: Document Control, 202 Burlington Rd., Bedford MA 01730
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July 19-22, 2005
GNSS 2005
Abstracts are due by January 14, 2005.
Munich, Germany
Contact:
dunstheimer.dgon.bonn@t-online.de
http://www.dgon.enc-gnss2005.de
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August 28 -31, 2005
PTTI and IEEE Frequency Control Symposium
Tutorials on August 28, 2005
Conference opens August 29th
Exhibits will be August 30-31
Vancouver, BC, Canada
This will be a joint meeting with the IEEE Frequency Control
Symposium.
Contact Sheila Faulkner at:
bopenyan@aol.com
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September 13-16, 2005 (Sept 12-13, tutorials presented by
Navtech Seminars)
ION GNSS 2005
Long Beach Convention Center,
Long Beach, California
www.ion.org
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October 17 - 19, 2005
International Loran Association (ILA)
Santa Barbara California
Contact ila@loran.org
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January 18-20, 2006
ION National Technical Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel
Monterey, California
www.ion.org
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September 26-29, 2006 (Tutorials: September 25-26)
ION GNSS 2006
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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September 25-28, 2007 (Tutorials: September 24-25)
ION GNSS 2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
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