A New Era in GNSS Surveying is Coming. Are You Ready?
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    • Trimble is ready...join us!
    With the world's GNSS's in constant development, surveying businesses small and large can be confident that investment in a Trimble GNSS system is protected. Trimble, already proven in GPS technology, continues to lead the industry in GNSS support with the ability to track all available and imminent signals today.

    GPS MODERNIZATION

    Modernized GPS satellites are now in orbit, and all of these satellites are capable of transmitting L2C signals (civilian signals on the satellite L2 carrier). These satellites represent a significant first step in the GPS Modernization program planned by the United States.

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    GLONASS

    Trimble R-Track technology in the Trimble R8 GNSS system and Trimble NetR5 Reference Station also supports GLONASS L1/L2 signals, the GNSS owned by the Russian Federation Government. In 2004 the United States and the Russian Federation issued a joint statement on cooperation, with the objective of maintaining and promoting interoperability between their two systems.

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    GALILEO

    The Galileo satellite radio navigation system proposed by the European Union offers advantages to Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) users by providing additional satellites, additional signals, and compatibility with GPS. Trimble fully supports this advancement in the GNSS market.

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    Read more about GNSS:
  • Defining the Future of Satellite Surveying with Trimble R-Track Technology White Paper (by Trimble)
  • GNSS Trilogy: Our Story Thus Far (by Glen Gibbons, Editor Inside GNSS, Jan-Feb 2006)
  • GPS Modernization (FAA website)
  • Three and Four Carriers for Reliable Ambiguity Resolution (by Trimble)
  • The Modernized L2 Civil Signal (GPS World magazine website)
  • Navigation Center website of the US Coast Guard
  • Tracking New Signals from Space White Paper (by Trimble)
  • GPS Modernization (by Bryn Fosburgh and Bruce Peetz of Trimble, published in Professional Surveyor Magazine, February 2004)

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    Don't Look Back

    Despite the collapse of Galileo's original plan for funding...the European Union's public-private partnership (PPP)...the Galileo project is still moving forward. To keep the project moving, the most likely avenue of funding will be through the public sector. For a thoughtful discussion about the continued importance of the Galileo project, see the article 'Don't Look Back' by the editor of Inside GNSS. To read more, download the article.

    One Year in Space for Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element

    The GIOVE-A, the first Galileo satellite, has now been in orbit for one year. This pilot satellite is a key element of the Galileo program, bringing the Galileo frequencies into use, testing new critical technologies and characterizing the medium Earth orbit environment. To read more, visit the ESA website.


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    Last update: July 31, 2007

    Products
  • Enhanced Trimble R-Track technology in the Trimble R8 GNSS and Trimble R7 GNSS supports the GPS Modernization signals L2C and L5, plus GLONASS L1/L2.


    Trimble R8 GNSS


    Trimble R7 GNSS


  • The Trimble R6 GPS System offers an optional R-Track upgrade for GLONASS support.


    Trimble R6