ITEM 1)
RUSSIA LAUNCHES 3 MORE GLONASS SATELLITES
Russia gave the GNSS
industry three gifts
this Christmas,
particularly in its home
country.
On
Tuesday the Russian
Federal Space Agency
successfully launched a
Proton-M carrier rocket
with three Glonass
satellites on board from
the Baikonur space
center in Kazakhstan,
Russian news agency RIA
Novosti reported.
The launch will bring
the Glonass satellite
constellation total to
18 satellites, enough to
provide navigation
services to all of
Russia, assuming all
three can be put into
service. By 2010, Russia
plans to have a fully
operating constellation
of 24 Glonass
satellites—enough to
provide positioning
service over the entire
globe, complementing the
U.S. GPS constellation.
Six Glonass satellites
are scheduled for launch
in 2008, and the first
two improved Glonass-K
satellites are scheduled
for launch the following
year, according to RIA
Novosti reports.
In
related news, a number
of news agencies quoted
Vladimir Putin on Monday
as asking about the
availability of Glonass-enabled
tracking hardware for
his dog, a black lab.
The question reportedly
came after Putin was
briefed about the launch
scheduled for the next
day and the status of
the Glonass system.
For
complete story, please
visit:
http://sidt.gpsworld.com/gpssidt/System+Design+and+Test+News/Russia-Launches-Three-More-Glonass-Satellites/ArticleStandard/Article/detail/481071?contextCategoryId=33831
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ITEM 2) ONLINE
REGISTRATION NOW AVAILABLE! NAVTECHGPS' 2008
PUBLIC COURSE SCHEDULE
Online
course registration is now available! To
register online please visit:
https://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/semreg.asp
View our complete list of dates and courses at:
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/sem2008schedule.asp
February 25-29, 2008
Chateau Sonesta Hotel (in the Quarter)
New Orleans, Louisiana
Course 356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and
Technical Professionals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald
and Dr. Chris Hegarty (February 25-29, 2008)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
About this course:
- To give a comprehensive introduction to GPS and DGPS
technology, system concepts, design, operation,
implementation and applications.
- To provide detailed information on the GPS signal, its
processing by the receiver, and the techniques by which
GPS obtains position, velocity and time.
- To present current information on the status, plans,
schedule and capabilities for GPS, as well as for other
satellite-based systems with position determination
applications.
- To fill in technical information gaps for those
working in GPS.
Who
should attend:
Excellent for engineering staff who need to be rapidly
brought up to speed on GPS, and for those already
working in GPS who need exposure to the system as a
whole, in order to work more effectively.
Course 111:
"GPS Fundamentals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald
(February 25, 2008)(same as Day 1 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
Course
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements", taught by Mr.
McDonald
(February 25-26, 2008)(same as Days 1-2 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem122.asp
Course
217: "Introduction to Differential GPS", taught by
Dr. Chris Hegarty (February
27, 2008)(same as Day 3 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
Course
356B: "GPS Operations: DGPS, GPS Signals & Processing",
taught by Dr. Chris Hegarty
(February 27-29, 2008) (The first day, Wednesday, is the
same as 217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp#356B
June 2-6, 2008
Doubletree Annapolis Hotel
Annapolis, Maryland
Course
356: "GPS Operation for Engineers and Technical
Professionals",
taught by
Mr. Keith McDonald and Dr. Chris Hegarty (June 2-6,
2008)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp
About this course:
- To give a comprehensive introduction to GPS and DGPS
technology, system concepts, design, operation,
implementation and applications.
- To provide detailed information on the GPS signal, its
processing by the receiver, and the techniques by which
GPS obtains position, velocity and time.
- To present current information on the status, plans,
schedule and capabilities for GPS, as well as for other
satellite-based systems with position determination
applications.
- To fill in technical information gaps for those
working in GPS.
Who
should attend:
Excellent for engineering staff who need to be rapidly
brought up to speed on GPS, and for those already
working in GPS who need exposure to the system as a
whole, in order to work more effectively.
Course 111:
"GPS Fundamentals", taught by Mr. Keith McDonald
(June 2, 2008)(same as Day 1 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem111.asp
Course
122: "GPS Fundamentals and Enhancements", taught by Mr.
McDonald
(June 2-4, 2008)(same as Days 1-2 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem122.asp
Course
217: "Introduction to Differential GPS", taught by
Dr. Chris Hegarty (June
3, 2008)(same as Day 3 of Course 356)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem217.asp
Course
356B: "GPS Operations: DGPS, GPS Signals & Processing",
taught by Dr. Chris Hegarty
(June
3-6, 2008) (The first day, Wednesday, is the same as
217)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem356.asp#356B
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Course 447: Applied Kalman Filtering (4.5 days)
Dr.
Larry Levy (June 2-6, 2008)
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem447.asp
About this course:
This course is a highly intensive short course on Kalman
filtering and Kalman filtering applications. Emphasis in
the course is on practical applications, but sufficient
supporting theory is provided to give attendees the
necessary tools for meaningful research and development
work in the field. Considerable time is devoted to
modeling, the most difficult aspect of Kalman filtering,
in an application setting.
There will be a high level of instructor/attendee
interaction, designed to provide hands-on problem
solving and solution discussions. The learning
experience will also be supplemented by homework
assignments to assist attendees in improving their
understanding of course concepts.
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Course 448: Advanced Receiver Processing of GNSS Signals (June
2-5, 2008)
Instructor: Dr. John Betz
http://www.navtechgps.com/seminars/GPScourses/sem448.asp
About this course:
This 4-day course is intended for
scientists and engineers seeking to develop expertise in
the characteristics, features and processing of current
and planned signals from GPS and other GNSS systems. The
course will substantially benefit both those who need to
understand the details and rationale of advanced signal
receiver processing and those who need to produce
quantitative assessments of receivers and their signal
processing performance.
September 15-18, 2008
TBD
Savannah,
Georgia
Annual
GNSS Tutorials by NavtechGPS prior to ION GNSS 2008
Conference.
NOTE: Detailed tutorial schedule will
be available in the Spring 2008.
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ITEM
3) 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 January. Subscription is FREE and details can be
found at
http://www.insidegnss.com
* A
reliable source for Galileo information is:
http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/energy_transport/galileo/doc/com_galileo_en_final_16may2007.pdf
* 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/
*
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 4)
MEETINGS CALENDAR (NEW LISTINGS!)
