From robertk at jpl.nasa.gov Mon Apr 2 11:23:59 2012 From: robertk at jpl.nasa.gov (Robert Khachikyan) Date: Mon, 02 Apr 2012 11:23:59 -0700 Subject: [IGSMAIL-6564] igs08_1682.atx: Update including reactivated Block IIA satellite SVN32/PRN24 Message-ID: <4F79EEBF.5020001@jpl.nasa.gov> Dear IGS colleagues! The absolute IGS antenna correction file (igs08_wwww.atx) has been updated. The new release is called 'igs08_1682.atx'. It contains the following changes: 1) According to 'NANU 2012018' the following satellite has been added: G24 (G032) NOTICE ADVISORY TO NAVSTAR USERS (NANU) 2012018 NANU TYPE: GENERAL *** GENERAL MESSAGE TO ALL GPS USERS *** ON APPROXIMATELY 14 MAR 2012 SVN32 WILL RESUME TRANSMITTING L-BAND UTILIZING PRN24. AT L-BAND ACTIVATION, SVN32/PRN24 WILL BE UNUSABLE UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE. ADDITIONALLY, NO BROADCAST ALMANACS WILL INCLUDE SVN32/PRN24. FUTURE NANUS WILL INFORM USERS OF ANY CHANGES TO THE ABOVE-STATED STATUS. http://cgls.uscg.mil/pipermail/nanu/2012-March/001400.html 2) A decommission date for the following satellite has been added: G24 (G049): 14 March 2012 3) A robot calibration provided by Geo++ GmbH for the following antenna type has been added: NOV533+CR NOVC This antenna type is installed at the SIRGAS station MARA in Venezuela that might be added to the IGS network in the near future: http://www.sirgas.org/fileadmin/docs/logs/mara_20111025.log The updated antenna correction model is available at ftp://igs.org/pub/station/general/igs08_1682.atx or ftp://igs.org/pub/station/general/igs08.atx Many thanks to Richard Langley and Stefan Schaer for their help and sorry for the delay! With best regards, Ralf Schmid and Robert Khachikyan on behalf of the IGS Antenna Working Group