Yuechung International Corp. (YIC) is offering a GPS/GNSS module for internet of things (IoT) applications. YIC is a manufacturing and design company for quartz crystals, crystal oscillators, GPS/GNSS modules, GPS/GNSS receivers and RF antennas. It provides low-power solutions to solve product problems that require frequent charging. YIC’s new product — the Ultra Low Power GPS/GNSS Module (Model YIC71009EBGG and YIC71513PGMGG) — is designed as an IoT product solution, targeted to improve the operating times of […]

October 6, 2020 For “TheGearDude” Spencer Hill, dirt is his destination. The adventure rider recently added zūmo™ XT to his off-road experience in the Pacific Northwest. Here’s a snapshot from Spencer’s review on XLADV.com.   Out of the Box: The 5.5’’ responsive, glove friendly, glare-free touchscreen is impressive, and the zūmo XT’s lack of bulk made it easy to mount above the display on my KTM 790. I chose to mount it in the “portrait” orientation instead […]

SpaceX scrubbed the launch of the U.S. military’s latest model of Global Positioning System satellite from Florida on Friday night 2 seconds before the planned liftoff, just as the engine ignition sequence was beginning. The satellite was to carried aloft aboard a Falcon 9 rocket at 9:43 p.m. EDT from Launch Complex 40 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station — the company’s third GPS launch from that complex. With the aborted attempt, SpaceX will try […]

GPS World, in conjunction with Spirent Federal Systems, will be hosting a webinar on Oct. 8 that will cover GPS program updates, as well as the program’s role in the Space and Missile Systems Center’s (SMC) space enterprise architecture. The event will also discuss the effects of COVID-19 and any future plans for the GPS program. Event speakers will include Col. Ryan Colburn, director of SMC’s Spectrum Warfare Division; Shawn Ryan, BAE Systems Navigation & […]

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Space and Missile Systems Center Public Affairs / Published September 25, 2020 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. – The U.S. Space Force Space and Missile Systems Center’s Lockheed Martin-built GPS III Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) satellite was encapsulated within a SpaceX payload fairing at Astrotech Space Operations Florida facility on Sept. 21 in preparation for its upcoming launch on Sept. 29 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The 15-minute […]

GPS satellites — like those of Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS or their Japanese, Chinese and Indian counterparts — aim their antennas directly at Earth. Any satellite orbiting above the GPS constellation can only hope to detect signals from over Earth’s far side, but the majority are blocked by the planet. For a position fix, a satnav receiver requires a minimum of four satellites to be visible, but this is most of the time not possible if […]

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Space and Missile Systems Center Public Affairs / Published September 29, 2020 CAPE CANAVERAL AIR FORCE STATION, Fla. — The U.S. Space Force’s newest Global Positioning System (GPS) III satellite, Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04) rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40, Sept. 27. The Lockheed Martin-built GPS III SV04 is scheduled to launch aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket – the third National Security Space Launch (NSSL) mission on […]

The U.S. Space Force’s newest GPS III satellite, Space Vehicle 04 (GPS III SV04), rolled out to Cape Canaveral’s Space Launch Complex 40 on Sept. 27. Originally scheduled for launch Sept. 30, then Oct. 1, the satellite is now slated to launch 9:43 p.m. EDT on Oct. 2 (01:43 a.m. UTC on Oct. 3). The launch was delayed because of a “traffic jam” at the launchpad. According to Spaceflight Now, SpaceX initially rescheduled the GPS launch […]