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Starlink, other LEO & comms sats also jammed

Starlink, other LEO & comms sats also jammed

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Russians are interfering with more than just GPS signals. They are jamming higher power satellites in Low Earth Orbit (LEO) also. Why It's Important: Calculating one's location using communications satellites can be an alternative if...

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UK considering eLoran broadcast licenses – GPS World

UK considering eLoran broadcast licenses – GPS World

Image: RNT Foundation Blog Editor's Note: The author of this article is President of the RNT Foundation. UK considering eLoran broadcast licenses May 23, 2023  - By Dana Goward The United Kingdom’s spectrum agency, Ofcom, is seeking comments on its proposal to issue...

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PNT left out of National Cyber Strategy – ION Newsletter

PNT left out of National Cyber Strategy – ION Newsletter

What's the news: National Cybersecurity Strategy doesn't recognize PNT as a critical component of cyber. Why it's important: IT systems use PNT feeds for data and to operate systems. Most PNT inputs are GPS-based. GPS signals are very easy to deny or imitate (hack)....

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Space Junk Endangering GPS, Galileo, other GNSS

Space Junk Endangering GPS, Galileo, other GNSS

Image: European Space Agency What's New: Europe's concern about the increasing amount of dangerous debris in space threating Galileo, GPS and other satellites in Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). What to Know: There are MILLIONS, maybe tens of millions, of pieces of debris in...

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Using TV For GPS Backup In The USA – Conference Paper

Using TV For GPS Backup In The USA – Conference Paper

Image: National Assn. of Broadcasters What's New: More information about how TV broadcasts could be used to provide PNT independent of GPS. We have posted about this before. The article excerpted below provides an updated description. Why It's Important: Having more...

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Using Comm Sats for PNT – Two new reports

Using Comm Sats for PNT – Two new reports

Image: Shutterstock What's New: Several new papers showing how to use communications satellites to derive PNT. Why It's Important: There are lots of comms satellites up there They are in Low Earth Orbit, verses Medium Earth Orbit for GPS/GNSS, so signals are much...

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GPS Interference in Taiwan

GPS Interference in Taiwan

Europe's STRIKE3 project showed that 90% of interference signals are accidental. That doesn't mean they are harmless. Think about the commercial passenger aircraft that was almost lost in Sun Valley. And the major disruptions last year in Dallas and Denver. We wonder...

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Technology & Policy – Advisory Board Agenda for 3 & 4 May

Technology & Policy – Advisory Board Agenda for 3 & 4 May

Image: NASA What's New: Here is the agenda for the President's Space-based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board meeting in Annapolis, MD next week (3rd and 4th of May). What to Know: You don't have to go to Annapolis to attend the meeting! A link to...

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