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21 June 2001

Source: http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=2001_register&docid=01-15589-filed

    [Federal Register: June 21, 2001 (Volume 66, Number 120)]
    [Notices]
    [Page 33237-33238]
    From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
    [DOCID:fr21jn01-35]

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    DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

    Department of the Air Force

    GPS L2/L5 Public Forum--Information on the New Global Positioning
    System (GPS) L2 and L5 Civil Signals

    AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

    ACTION: Notice, announcement of opportunity to attend.

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    SUMMARY: This notice announces a Global Positioning System (GPS) L2/L5
    CivilSignal GPS L2/L5 Public Forum on June 29, 2001 in Washington, DC.
    The Department of Transportation, in cooperation with the GPS Joint
    Program Office (JPO), will provide information on the new civil signals
    being planned for the GPS L2 frequency (1227.60 MHz) and the new GPS L5
    (1176.45 MHz) frequency. The information presented will be important to
    those in the government and industry involved in the development,
    production, support or use of satellite navigation products and
    services for the civil and military users. No new GPS JPO procurements
    are being announced or are anticipated in the near term for this work.
        The agenda will be divided into a morning session (9 a.m. to 11:30
    a.m.) for the GPS Program overview and L2

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    and L5 overview presentations, and an afternoon session (1 p.m. to 4
    p.m.) for technical presentations on both new signals. The morning
    agenda includes: Overview of GPS Modernization Program; the New L2
    Civil Signal; the New L5 Civil Signal and the GPS JPO Interface Control
    Document (ICD) Review and Approval Process. The afternoon agenda
    includes: Technical Description of the Planned L2 Design; Laboratory
    Implementation of the New L2 Civil Signal; Technical Description of the
    Planned L5 Signal Design. Copies of the April 16, 2001 ``NAVSTAR GPS
    Space Segment/User Segment L5 Interfaces (ICD-GPS-705),'' the May 31,
    2001 ``Pre-Proposed Interface Revision Notice to ICD-GPS-200C for L2
    Civil (L2C) Signal (PPIRN-200C-007)'' and the briefing charts to the
    May 2, 2001 ``GPS L2 and L5 Civil Signal Industry Day'' presentations
    are now available on the GPS JPO public website https://
    gps.losangeles.af.mil/gpslibrary/2000_public/2100_html/documents.html.
        This event will be held in the FAA Auditorium, 800 Independence
    Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20591. The Industry Day conference is
    unclassified and formal visit requests are not necessary, but for
    security purposes, the GPS JPO must provide a list of all attendees to
    the FAA not later than June 22, 2001. Therefore, attendees should
    provide attendance notification to Veronique Benjamins (SAIC), phone
    (310) 363-6515, fax (310) 363-1581 by June 20, 2001. To expedite check-
    in security procedures, all attendees should provide e-mail
    notification to Veronique.Benjamins @LOSANGELES.AF.MIL. Please include
    the words, ``29 June 2001 GPS L2/L5 Civil Signal Public Forum
    Attendee'' in the subject line of your e-mail. The FAA Auditorium
    allows seating for 175 attendees and seating will be on a first come
    basis. The Government will not pay for any costs associated with
    attending this briefing or for any information. Picture identification
    will be required for admittance.

    ADDRESSES: JPO Point of Contact: SMC/CZC, 2420 Vela Way, Suite 1467, El
    Segundo, CA 90245-4659, ATTN: Lieutenant Commander Richard Fontana,
    USCG.

    DATES: If you intend to participate in these meetings, please submit
    your e-mail notification not later than June 21, 2001.

    FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Veronique Benjamins, (310) 363-
    6515, or Lieutenant Commander Richard Fontana, USCG, (310) 363-1703,
    GPS Deputy Program Manager, Department of Transportation.

    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Background

        The Global Positioning System employs a constellation of 24
    satellites and associated ground stations to provide continuously
    transmitted world-wide positioning, navigation, and timing signals for
    use with appropriately configured GPS user equipment. The current
    generation GPS space vehicles transmit signals at the L1 and L2
    frequencies. In the future, new civil signals will be transmitted on
    the L2 and L5 frequencies. The international civilian and military
    communities employ the dual use Global Positioning System.

    Janet A. Long,
    Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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