YGNSS is a team of university students and young professionals who aim to help bring the maximum benefits of the Global Navigation Satellite System, or GNSS, to society. YGNSS supports the International Committee on GNSS (ICG), an international forum for cooperation on Global Navigation Satellite Systems recognized by the United Nations. Two of the primary goals of the project team are to provide input to ICG, particularly on matters related to education and public outreach, and to act as a medium for information dissemination on GNSS. Among other activities, YGNSS conducts promotional activities relating to cooperation in GNSS and GNSS applications and presents the benefits of GNSS at various conferences around the world.

Project's Top Outputs

• Active involvement at the International Committee on GNSS
• ICG Prep meetings (YGNSS intent to support GNSS)
• Space Generation Congress: Gathering the opinions of the international delegates on the best uses for GNSS in both developed and developing countries (SGC 2009 Agency Report)
• GNSS International Opinion Poll (Paper at ISU Symposium 2009 and poster)
• YGNSS Education Portal (Paper)
• YGNSS Flyer - Who We Are and What We've Done (Flyer)

Conference Presentations in Past Year

• ICG Meetings: Pasadena, USA ; St. Petersburg, Russia; and Turin, Italy
• UN COPUOS: Vienna, Austria
• ISU Symposium: Strasbourg, France
• Asia Pacific Regional Space Agency Forum: Bangkok, Thailand
• Galileo Application Days: Brussels, Belgium
• Space Based Positioning Navigation and Timing Advisory Board: Washington, DC

GNSS Providers Websites

• International Committee on GNSS (ICG): Established at UNISPACE III, IGC promotes the use of GNSS infrastructure on a global basis and facilitates exchange of information.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
• China - Beidou/COMPASS
• Europe - Galileo
• India - IRNSS (not available yet)
• Japan - Quasi Zenith Satellite "Michibiki" (QZSS)
• Russian Federal Space Agency - GLONASS
• United States - Global Positioning System (GPS)

Other Resources

• Inside GNSS
• "Current and Planned Global and Regional Navigation Satellite Systems and Satellite-based Augmentations System" (UN Publication)
• GPS World Magazine
• Galileo Blog
• The National Executive Committee for Space-Based Positioning, Navigation, and Timing (PNT)
• GPS and Co (French)