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International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (ICG): Coordination and Cooperation
13th IAIN World Congress, 27 – 30 October 2009, Stockholm, Sweden
Kenneth D. HodgkinsDirector
Office of Space and Advanced TechnologyBureau of Oceans, Environment, and Science
U.S. Department of State
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General Topics
• UNISPACE III: Action Team on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
• International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
• GNSS Service Providers
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UNISPACE III
• Third United Nations Conference on the Exploration and Peaceful Uses of Outer Space (UNISPACE III), July 1999:
• “Space Millennium: Vienna Declaration on Space and Human Development”
• Recommendation concerning Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS):
…to improve the efficiency and security of transport, search and rescue, geodesy and other activities by promoting the enhancement of, universal
access to and compatibility of space-based navigation and positioning systems
• 2001: 12 Action Teams established by UN COPUOS under voluntary leadership by Member States – Recommendations that have been assigned highest priority by Member States of the United Nations
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Action Team on GNSS
• GNSS Action Team co-chaired by the United States and Italy
• Membership: 38 nations & 15 organizations
• Working Groups on 5 thematic areas:
Surveying, mapping and Earth science
Agriculture and management of natural resources
Environmental monitoring and management
Transportation
Education and training, awareness increase
• 2001 – 2002: Regional Workshops
ESCAP: Malaysia
ECE: Austria
ECLAC: Chile
ECA: Zambia
• 2002 – 2004: International Meetings, Vienna
Action Team GNSS concluded its work
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International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (ICG)• 2005: Establishment of ICG, UNOV, Vienna, Austria
ICG Membership
―GNSS Providers: United States, Russian Federation, European Commission, European Space Agency, China, India, Japan
―Other States Members of the United Nations (3)
―International Organizations/Associations (14) – IAIN a founding member
• 2006: First Meeting of ICG, UNOV, Vienna, Austria
Work plan:
―WG A: Compatibility and Interoperability (USA and Russian Federation)
―WG B: Enhancement of performance of GNSS services (India and ESA)
―WG C: Information dissemination and capacity building (UN OOSA)
―WG D: Interaction with international organizations, national and regional authorities (IAG, IGS, FIG)
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International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite
Systems (ICG)• 2007: Second Meeting of ICG, ISRO, Bangalore, India
Within ICG is the Providers’ Forum, consisting of those countries operating GNSS systems or with plans to develop one
Providers’ Forum provides a venue for coordination and cooperation to improve overall service provision
• 2008: Third Meeting of ICG, JPL, Pasadena, USA
Providers’ Forum
- Focused discussions on compatibility and interoperability
- Exchange detailed information on systems/service provision plans
- Exchange views on ICG work plan and activities
UN-affiliated Regional Centres for Space Science and Technology Education will act as the ICG Information Centres
Task Forces on Geodetic and Time References
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International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG)
• 2009: Fourth Meeting of ICG, Roscosmos, Saint-Petersburg, Russian Federation
Further development of the ICG and Providers’ Forum work plans:
- Further elaboration and implementation of compatibility and interoperability;
- Monitoring of the ionosphere during the next solar maximum and its effects on GNSS receivers;
- Adopted new principle on transparency: Every provider should publish documentation that describes signal and system information, policies of provision and minimum levels of performance for its open services;
- Task Forces to align and maintain geodetic and timing references to enhance interoperability for the user
• 2010: Fifth Meeting of ICG will be jointly hosted by Italy and European Commission, October 18 – 22, Turin, Italy
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Current and Planned GNSS
• Global Constellations– GPS (24+)
– GLONASS (30)
– Galileo (27)
– Compass (35)
• Regional Constellations– QZSS (3)
– IRNSS (7)
• Satellite-Based Augmentations– WAAS (3)
– MSAS (2)
– EGNOS (3)
– GAGAN (3)
– SDCM (2)
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The Goal of RNSS Civil Interoperability
• Ideal interoperability allows navigation with one signal each from four or more systems with no additional receiver cost or complexity
Interoperable = Better Together than Separate
GPS
QZSS
GALILEO COMPASSIRNSS
GLONASS
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GNSS Service Providers
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• Ensure interoperability ― ability of global and regional systems and their services to be used together to provide better capabilities at the user level than would be achieved by relying on one system
• compatibility – ability of global and regional systems to be used separately or together without causing unacceptable interference and/or other harm to an individual system
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• As new space-based GNSS are emerging globally, interoperability is the key to “success for all”
• ICG is a forum to discuss GNSS to benefit people around the world
GNSS Service Providers
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ICG Executive Secretariat
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• UN OOSA is the ICG Executive Secretariat
• ICG provides:
– Web-based information
– Information brochures
– Training/technical workshops for capacity building in developing countries
– Promoting the use of GNSS technologies as tools for scientific applications
http://www.icgsecretariat.org
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Contact Information
Kenneth HodgkinsDirector
Office of Space and Advanced TechnologyU.S. Department of State
1990 K Street NW, Suite 410Washington, D.C. 20006
202-663-2398 (office)[email protected]
http://www.state.gov/g/oes/sat/