OmniSTAR-XP Launched

OnmniSTAR (The Netherlands) has introduced the OmniSTAR-XP (Extended Performance) service. This data service is broadcast by L-band satellite transmissions via a network of geo-stationery satellites and has been developed to satisfy the need for high accuracy positioning systems and services specifically for land-based applications.

OmniSTAR-HP/XP is the latest dual frequency GPS augmentation solution in the OmniSTAR family of services and delivers decimetre accuracy utilising two independent positioning technologies: Network Technology (OmniSTAR-HP) and the Precise Orbits & Clocks Technology (OmniSTAR-XP).

The latter technology is based on a separate network of dual frequency reference stations, which enables us to generate information with regard to precise satellite orbits and satellite clock offsets. By correcting these measurements, accurate positioning results are valid worldwide, also outside Fugro's network coverage area. Inside our regional network coverage areas OmniSTAR combines these 2 technologies into HP-Plus (HP+), thereby increasing the performance and robustness of HP.

Outside OmniSTAR’s Network coverage areas they provide the XP-only solution. Thanks to the Precise Orbits & Clocks Technology (their new decimetre accurate service) OmniSTAR-XP is now also available in remote areas, outside the OmniSTAR network such as Kazakhstan, Siberia, Sahara, the Maldives, and many other areas.