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February 2001
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Starlink announces Satellite Differential Service upgrade
Austin, Texas, Feb. 21, Starlink, a recognized as the leader in Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) technology, announces a receiver upgrade to enable use of the free satellite differential corrections available everywhere in the United States and parts of Canada, Mexico and Europe. No extra components or antennas are required for WAAS reception. This easy-to-install software upgrade works with any Starlink Invicta 210 or 210S receiver and is available now for $395. Current Invicta owners should call an authorized dealer or Starlink to order the upgrade.
The WAAS upgrade lets all current and future Invicta users get DGPS corrections via the free WAAS (Wide Area Augmentation System) provided by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The DGPS corrections can be used for precise applications such as agricultural guidance and GIS mapping, or any application where the user wants better performance than non-differentially corrected GPS.
The Starlink Invicta is the first and only receiver to offer ten positions solutions-per-second (10 Hz Option) while operating with WAAS corrections. High-rate position updates are important in applications such as crop-sprayer guidance systems where quick responses to a driver's action are required to more efficiently maintain track and ease operator fatigue. Competing DGPS systems are limited to either one solution-per-second (1 Hz) or 5 solutions-per-second (5 Hz). The Invicta doubles the performance previously available.
About Starlink
Founded in 1989, Starlink is a recognized as the leader in Differential Global Positioning System (DGPS) technology. Starlink has advanced the state of the art in DGPS technology in many application areas including agriculture, marine, GIS, and timing by being the first to develop many of the technologies in use today. Product firsts include: dual channel automatic DGPS correction receivers, magnetic sensing radio beacon antennas, combined GPS/DGPS antennas, smart light bar guidance systems, and combined GPS/DGPS receivers.
About WAAS
In order to meet the strict requirements for commercial aircraft navigation the FAA has developed the Wide Area Augmentation System or WAAS. WAAS is a safety-critical navigation system that will provide a quality of positioning information never before available to the aviation community. It is what the name implies, a geographically expansive augmentation to the basic GPS service. The WAAS improves the accuracy, integrity, and availability of the basic GPS signals. This system will allow GPS to be used as a primary means of navigation for enroute travel and non-precision approaches in the U.S., as well as for Category I approaches to selected airports throughout the nation.
For more information visit http://gps.faa.gov/Programs/WAAS/waas.htm
http://www.starlinkdgps.com/
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