WG-B - Enhancement of GNSS Performance, New Services & Capabilities

Abstract

NASA represents US civil space users at the United Nations International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG). ICG Working Group B (WG-B) is responsible for Enhancement of GNSS Performance, New Services and Capabilities. The development and characterization of the GNSS Space Service Volume (SSV) is a key area of activity for NASA within WG-B. This presentation contains NASA's contributions to the June 2018 meeting of the ICG WG-B. Topics covered include recent NASA lunar GPS analysis and results; proposed discussion topics for future SSV workshops and trade studies, an overview of the planned SSV Video, discussion of SSV Outreach, and NASA activities updates including GPS and Galileo Receiver for the International Space Station (GARISS), the International GNSS Service (IGS), Next-Generation Broadcast Services (NGBS), flight results from the Magnetospheric Multiscale (MMS) mission, flight results from the Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite (GOES) R series, the Automated Flight Termination System (AFTS), and other topics