Geely Launches 11 Satellites to Navigate Autonomous Vehicles - Location Business News

What's New: Chinese auto maker Geely launching even more navigation satellites.

Why It's Important:?

• Geely has a close relationship with China's military.
• The satellites have more capability than PNT.?So... probably more than navigating autonomous vehicles going on here.
• It is another step toward a much larger constellation of satellites.
• It endorses and reinforces the concept of PNT at LEO.

What Else to Know:? LEO PNT systems will be proprietary. In other words

• Users will almost certainly need unique receivers or decryption codes
• They will be fee-based
• Systems will not be interoperable. Users with access to one system will not automatically be able to use all.
• There are at least two LEO PNT companies in the U.S. - RNTF members Xona Space Systems and Trustpoint. Neither is as far along as Geely.

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Geely Launches 11 Satellites to Navigate Autonomous Vehicles

LEO constellation to offer positioning and navigation capabilities...

KEVIN DENNEHY

FEB 8, 2024

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Saying it wants to provide accurate navigation for autonomous vehicles,?Geely Holding Group?last week launched 11?Geespace?low-Earth orbit satellites. It’s an example of new LEO constellations providing high-precision positioning capability for self-driving cars and other uses.

Location Business News?reported?in 2022 that Geely launched nine satellite into LEO that would support navigation and autonomous driving.? Both launches are part of a future 240-satellite?Geely Future Mobility Constellation, which will provide centimeter-accurate precise positioning and connectivity support for the automaker, the company said.

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