International Committee on Global Navigation Satellite Systems (ICG): Coordination and Cooperation 13 th IAIN World Congress, 27 – 30 October 2009, Stockholm,

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

13th IAIN World Congress, Stockholm, Sweden, 27 - 30 October, 2009

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


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



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)



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


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


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)


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


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


• 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


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


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/

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