{"id":1523,"date":"2013-08-06T07:15:39","date_gmt":"2013-08-06T14:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/?p=1523"},"modified":"2025-09-17T10:17:59","modified_gmt":"2025-09-17T17:17:59","slug":"enhancing-gps-constellation-signal-capability-civilian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/blog\/enhancing-gps-constellation-signal-capability-civilian\/","title":{"rendered":"Enhancing GPS Constellation and Signal Capability for Civilian Use"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Civilians will soon have improved advancements to their GPS signals for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/\">GPS tracking<\/a> and GPS navigation, according to General William L. Shelton of the US Air Force Space Command.<\/p>\n<p>The information came from a letter to Gen. William L. Shelton, in which the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.gpsalliance.org\/\">GPS Innovation Alliance<\/a> informed him they plan to improve upon the current GPS constellation. More specifically, the plan is to have these enhancements on Civilian Navigation (CNAV), along with additional GPS signals. The motive is to improve GPS signal capabilities for civilian use, along with a more accurate and advanced GPS system and infrastructure.<\/p>\n<p>The GPS Innovation Alliance has stated that GPS technology is one of the most critical and valuable national assets, so it\u2019s no surprise they plan to incorporate advancements for public interest.<\/p>\n<p>This means more accuracy and improved reliability of the GPS applications, like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveviewgps.com\/all+gps+tracking+products.html\">GPS tracking<\/a> and navigation, used by civilians. Additional frequencies and receiving are included in the updates of the GPS constellation.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe believe that GPS users will experience benefits from activation of the full CNAV message on the GPS L2C and L5 signals,\u201d the Alliance wrote. \u201cA fully redundant signal capability greatly improves GPS robustness by providing frequency diversity and mitigates deliberate and accidental interference [jamming],\u201d the Alliance said.<\/p>\n<p>The US isn\u2019t the only country with GPS technology, though the Alliance hopes to improve our country\u2019s stance as a prominent position with Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS). It is a major milestone in the US leadership of GPS technology in comparison to the world\u2019s GPS capabilities, signals and infrastructures.<\/p>\n<p><b>The New GPS Signals<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The government is currently working on three new signals for civilians; L1C, L2C and L5.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s all part of the GPS modernization program which is improving the signals of the satellite constellation for the US military.<\/p>\n<p>The current L1 C\/A will also be broadcasting on the satellite, therefore leaving four satellite systems in total for civilian use. The newest signals are only going to be use on a limited basis until they can broadcast between 18 and 24 satellites. The L2C signal is considered the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> signal, which was launched in 2005 and will be at 24 GPS satellites in 2018; it is mostly used for commercial needs. The third signal is the L5 with broadcasting from 3 GPS satellites and was launched in 2010. The fourth signal is the L1C which is going to launch in 2015 and available on 24 GPS satellites near 2026.<\/p>\n<p>As the government launches new GPS satellites to replace older and outdated ones, the new signals will be phased in. \u201cUsers must upgrade their equipment to benefit from the new signals,\u201d, according to GPS.gov.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Civilians will soon have improved advancements to their GPS signals for GPS tracking and GPS navigation, according to General William L. Shelton of the US Air Force Space Command. The information came from a letter to Gen. William L. 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