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Improved Position Accuracy for GNSS Services

from 30 cm up to 1 meter with satellite orbit, satellite clock, signal ical applications such as autonomous cars. “By expanding our SAPA
bias, and basic atmospheric data corrections. SAPA Premium pro- services with industry-leading L-band transmission, we enable a
vides positioning accuracy to within 10 cm and includes sophisticated high-power correction data stream for homogeneous performance
atmosphere messages (ionosphere and troposphere models). Integrity and end-to-end data security with continental coverage in the United
messages are transmitted only in SAPA Premium+ data streams, for States and Europe,” said zu Eulenburg.
safety-critical applications; release is slated for 2021. The L-band signal will be transmitted in the open SPARTN format
for safety-critical applications in automotive (such as V2X and ADAS/
GNSS AUGMENTATION SERVICE VIA L-BAND autonomous features) and maritime applications (with a coverage of
Available in areas without GSM coverage or a mobile internet signal, 12 nautical miles of coastline and inland waters), as well as a variety
the new L-band beam solutions from two geostationary satellites of uses across sectors such as industrial, robotics, and drones. Demod-
provide precise point positioning over real-time kinematic via SSR ulation by any L-band demodulator on the market today simplifies
(PPP-RTK) data-feed redundancy in real time by swapping to a hardware design and reduces the bill of materials. ■
second data feed when internet connectivity is not available. This
automated swapping significantly improves reliability for life-crit- Wolfgang Patelay is a contributing writer for AspenCore.

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