Report of the AIAA International Space Cooperation Working Group on Global Navigation Satellite Systems

David Turner

Abstract:	International issues related to Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) were first addressed by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) International Space Cooperation Workshop series at the Fourth Workshop held in January, 1998. There was a clear consensus favoring either one GNSS or global interoperability of separate systems, as opposed to competing national or regional systems. At the Fifth Workshop held in April 1999, issues related to the proposed European GNSS, known as Galileo, was a major focus of discussion, as was the potential for truly “seamless” global interoperability between independent satellite navigation systems. On the basis of the fourth and fifth Workshop findings and subsequent developments, the working group's mandate at the 6th workshop was to examine further the role of private- and public-sector international cooperation and competition in current and future global navigation satellite systems (GNSS). Subsequently, the working group attempted to identify and understand the key issues surrounding current and future GNSS, and formulated specific findings and actionable recommendations.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2001) September 11 - 14, 2001 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	81 - 89
Cite this article:	Turner, David, "Report of the AIAA International Space Cooperation Working Group on Global Navigation Satellite Systems," Proceedings of the 14th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2001), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2001, pp. 81-89.
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