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PNT Advisory Board Meeting Minutes
(Mar 15) The official minutes of the November 9-10, 2011, meeting of the National Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing Advisory Board are now available. The meeting included a public discussion of the LightSquared-GPS interference issue. More... -
Solar Storm Leaves GPS Service Intact
(Mar 14) The solar storm that occurred in early March 2012 disrupted satellite communications and forced airlines to reroute some flights. But so far, no major GPS problems have been reported as a result of the event. More... -
LightSquared Comment Period Extended to March 16
(Mar 5) On February 29, the FCC added two weeks to the public comment period on its plans regarding LightSquared's spectrum authorizations. More... -
FCC Requests Public Comments on Plans to Block LightSquared Operations
(Feb 15) The FCC responded to yesterday's NTIA letter with a press statement and public notice announcing its intent to vacate and suspend LightSquared's problematic authorizations. FCC is seeking public comments by March 1. We updated our story on the interference test results with links to the FCC material. More... -
LightSquared-GPS Test Results and Letter to FCC
(Feb 14) On February 14, the government released three separate reports documenting its latest LightSquared-GPS interference testing and analysis. The reports went to the FCC with a letter stating, "there are no mitigation strategies that both solve the interference issues and provide LightSquared with an adequate commercial network deployment" More... -
U.S. Statement on GPS to UN COPUOS
(Feb 13) A U.S. government representative delivered the following remarks about GPS during the 49th Session of the Scientific and Technical Subcommittee of the United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UN COPUOS) in Vienna, Austria. More... -
Supreme Court Rules Against Warrantless GPS Tracking
(Jan 24) On January 23, the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision on GPS-based vehicle tracking by law enforcement without a search warrant. More...
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