U.S. Researchers Crack Codes to ESA's Galileo GPS

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

Via PhysOrg.com.

[snip]

Members of Cornell's Global Positioning System (GPS) Laboratory have
cracked the so-called pseudo random number (PRN) codes of Europe's
first global navigation satellite, despite efforts to keep the codes
secret. That means free access for consumers who use navigation devices
- including handheld receivers and systems installed in vehicles - that
need PRNs to listen to satellites.

The codes and the methods used to extract them were published in the
June issue of GPS World.

The navigational satellite, GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation
Element-A), is a prototype for 30 satellites that by 2010 will compose
Galileo, a $4 billion joint venture of the European Union, European
Space Agency and private investors. Galileo is Europe's answer to the
United States' GPS.

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More:
http://www.physorg.com/news71554227.html

- ferg


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