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Partnership's MSAT-1 satellite in

Canada; and Telecomunicaciones de

Mexico's MOVISAT satellite service in

Mexico.

Westinghouse also supplies Series 1000 systems for Optus

Communication's MobileSat satellite service in Australia

For more information on Westinghouse

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Mackay Introduces NERA

Worldphone Office

Mackay Communications has pre- sented the NERA Worldphone Office (Mini-M Inmarsat terminal), to pro- vide access to international dial-up telephone, fax and data networks. The key features include: 4.8 Kbps voice; rechargable NIMh battery and charger

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GPS News

Numerous navigation and communica- tions companies are advancing technolo- gy through their Global Positioning

Systems (GPS). Thrane & Thrane has released Capsat, its new TT-3022D

Inmarsat C/GPS fishery satellite communi- cations system, specifically designed for fishing fleet owners and skippers.

Leica has been awarded a contract from the Australian Maritime Safety Authority for a beacon Differential Global

Positioning System (DGPS) network. The network consists of beacon broadcasting stations, monitoring stations and a control station. Leica has established similar sys- tems in North America, Denmark, Iceland,

China, Belgium and Poland. The

Australian system will comply with RTCM

SC-104 and International Association of

Lighthouse Authorities (IALA) standards.

Ashtech has introduced the GG24 receiver, reportedly the world's first single- board receiver for integrating U.S. posi- tioning systems (GPS) and Russian Global

Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS) satellite-based navigation technologies. "The GG24 exemplifies a positive appli- cation of Cold War military technology paving the way toward exceptionally fast, dependable and precise navigational aids we can use all over the world," said Chuck

Boesenberg, Ashtech president and CEO. "The implications for future developments in GPS technology by the addition of

GLONASS ultimately rest on our ability to deliver a new generation of exciting and innovative products." The GPS and

GLONASS combination is expected to ultimately usher in a host of new GPS applications.

Trimble has announced several new additions to its surveying and mapping product lines: the GPS Pathfinder Pro XR, a professional, real-time GPS mapping and GIS data capture tool; Pathfinder

Office software, a Windows-based soft- ware system for managing and processing

GPS data; the 4000Rsi and 4000Dsi receivers for high performance and real- time decimeter level positioning; and the 7400Rsi and 7400Dsi receivers for real- time positioning. "GPS is finding its way into many interesting and unique applica- tions at the systems and software levels, and as standalone products," said Jim

Sorden, executive vice president of

Trimble's Commercial Systems Group. "By integrating GPS into their work, users can benefit from precise position and location data to enhance productivity and poten- tially reduce costs."