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Russian Space Agency
Information-Analytical Centre
http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:1:17421293520707003964

and Information from GLONASS Control Center (formerly NAGUs)http://www.glonass-ianc.rsa.ru/pls/htmldb/f?p=202:3:17421293520707003964::NO:::

STATUS UPDATE:
The 3rd and 4th GLONASS-Ms in Slots 23 and 24 were activated on August 31, 2006. These satellites were launched December 25, 2005.
GLONASS currently has 15 healthy satellites.


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ITEM 3) ADD VALUE!!!!    TAKE TECHNICAL COURSES TO PREPARE FOR THE CONFERENCE PAPERS. (All 32 of our course segments are a GO !)
 
BROWSE NavtechGPS’s 32 technical tutorials to be held September 25-26 in Fort Worth, Texas prior to the ION GNSS 2006 Conference http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/iongnss2006.asp

REGISTER NOW FOR NavtechGPS's 2006 TUTORIALS in Ft. Worth!  http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPStutorials/tutreg.asp
** Please note that Navtech and the ION are different organizations and require separate registrations.  (go to www.ion.org for the conference registration.)

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ITEM 4) HOTEL INFORMATION FOR ION GNSS 2006; TUTORIALS AND CONFERENCE are BOTH at  www.ion.org

Make Your Hotel Reservations Online as soon as possible - many conference hotels are full.   For special ION and NavtechGPS  rates at:

http://www.ion.org/meetings/gnss2006hotel.cfm 

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ITEM 5) NEWSLETTER LINKS and USEFUL WEBSITES (This is an archival list. Please notify us if your own link changes.)
 
* Mr. Glen Gibbons, founding editor of "GPS World", launched a new international trade journal, "Inside GNSS" last . Subscription is FREE and details can be found at http://www.insidegnss.com

* The European Space Agency publishes an EGNOS newsletter that is called EGNOS NEWS, focusing both on EGNOS and on satellite navigation issues: http://ravel.esrin.esa.int/docs/egnos/estb/newsletter.htm

* To view details on "GPS World" magazine, the GPS standard since 1990, go to http://www.gpsworld.com/gpsworld

* For the archives of the Locus Inc. newsletter on LORAN positioning and timing, go to: http://www.locusinc.com/loran_newsletter.html

* For the newsletter published by "Professional Surveyor" Magazine, go to http://www.profsurv.com/newpsm/news.php

* 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 is at http://www.cs.unc.edu/~welch/kalman/ 

 
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ITEM 6) MEETINGS CALENDAR
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September evening of the 26th -29, 2006 (Navtech Tutorials: September 25-26)
ION GNSS 2006
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
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October 23-25, 2006
International Loran Association Conference
2006 Convention and Technical Symposium - ILA-35
Mystic Marriott Hotel and Spa
Groton, Connecticut
www.loran.org/events.html 
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October 18-20, 2006
12th IAIN World Congress
2006 International Symposium on GPS/GNSS
ICC
Jeju, Korea
http://www.iaincongress.org/
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December 5-7, 2006
38th Annual
Precise Time and Time Interval (PTTI)
Systems and Applications Meeting
Hyatt Regency Hotel, Reston VA
http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/ptti.html
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January 22-24, 2007
ION National Technical Meeting
San Diego, CA
Abstracts are due September 26, 2006.
www.ion.org
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September 25-28, 2007 (Navtech Tutorials: September 24-25)
ION GNSS 2007
Fort Worth Convention Center
Fort Worth, Texas
www.ion.org
 

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