Plans to harness Galileo and other satnav systems for next-generation satellite augmentation systems for aviation and other high-performance uses took a significant step forward at the latest gathering of worldwide operators and experts, reports the European Space Agency.
Satellite augmentation systems combine additional ground stations and satellite transponders to sharpen satnav accuracy and reliability across given geographical regions — based on the U.S. GPS for now, but with plans to move to a multi-constellation design additionally employing Europe’s Galileo, China’s BeiDou, and Russia’s GLONASS systems in the post-2020 era.
The 26th Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG) took place in New Delhi, India on February 5–7.
Among its achievements was to converge on a standard message definition for one of the channels — known as L5 — of the planned second-generation SBAS systems, which will utilize dual-frequency, multi-constellation signals.
28/02/14 GPS World
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Satellite augmentation systems combine additional ground stations and satellite transponders to sharpen satnav accuracy and reliability across given geographical regions — based on the U.S. GPS for now, but with plans to move to a multi-constellation design additionally employing Europe’s Galileo, China’s BeiDou, and Russia’s GLONASS systems in the post-2020 era.
The 26th Satellite Based Augmentation Systems (SBAS) Interoperability Working Group (IWG) took place in New Delhi, India on February 5–7.
Among its achievements was to converge on a standard message definition for one of the channels — known as L5 — of the planned second-generation SBAS systems, which will utilize dual-frequency, multi-constellation signals.
28/02/14 GPS World
