Hexagon Has RNSS Coexistence Concerns With Iridium's Certus Receivers
Satellite services company Hexagon Positioning Intelligence is raising concerns about Iridium's proposed Certus class of user terminals to be deployed with its Next satellite constellation. In an FCC International Bureau filing Monday, it said some of Iridium's proposals on power…
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output and number of terminals to be deployed "cause great concern" about unimpeded operation of radio navigation satellite service (RNSS) receivers, and information is insufficient to gauge the effects. Hexagon asked the FCC to set up a technical working group or other testing process that ensures unimpeded coexistence between Iridium's terminals and the existing RNSS systems. Iridium emailed that its terminals "have co-existed successfully with GPS devices for two decades and the Iridium Certus mobile earth stations will protect GPS operations in the 1559-1610 MHz band.”