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06-07-08, 12:23 PM
GPS LATEST UPDATE
The Office of Space Commercialization seeks comments on a plan to transition the installed base of codeless and semi-codeless Global Positioning System (GPS) user equipment to next-generation equipment utilizing the modernized civil GPS signals known as L2C and L5. The plan was developed under the auspices of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).
Under the plan, the Department of Defense, as the operator of GPS, will continue enabling codeless/semi-codeless GPS access until December 31, 2020, by which time the L2C and L5 signals will be available on 24 or more modernized GPS satellites. Users should
re-equip to use the modernized signals, since codeless/semi-codeless GPS access cannot be assured beyond 2020.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: jason.kim@noaa.gov. Fax: (202) 482-4429 (Attn.: Jason Kim).
Mail Courier: Jason Kim, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. Department of Commerce, 6818 Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230. Due to ongoing delays in mail delivery, respondents are encouraged to submit comments by mail early, or to transmit them electronically. Office hours for courier delivery are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Kim, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-5827.
The Office of Space Commercialization seeks comments on a plan to transition the installed base of codeless and semi-codeless Global Positioning System (GPS) user equipment to next-generation equipment utilizing the modernized civil GPS signals known as L2C and L5. The plan was developed under the auspices of the National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT).
Under the plan, the Department of Defense, as the operator of GPS, will continue enabling codeless/semi-codeless GPS access until December 31, 2020, by which time the L2C and L5 signals will be available on 24 or more modernized GPS satellites. Users should
re-equip to use the modernized signals, since codeless/semi-codeless GPS access cannot be assured beyond 2020.
DATES: Submit comments on or before June 16, 2008.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments by any of the following methods:
E-mail: jason.kim@noaa.gov. Fax: (202) 482-4429 (Attn.: Jason Kim).
Mail Courier: Jason Kim, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. Department of Commerce, 6818 Herbert C. Hoover Building, 14th St. & Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20230. Due to ongoing delays in mail delivery, respondents are encouraged to submit comments by mail early, or to transmit them electronically. Office hours for courier delivery are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jason Kim, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Space Commercialization, U.S. Department of Commerce, (202) 482-5827.