[Federal Register Volume 68, Number 24 (Wednesday, February 5, 2003)]
[Notices]
[Page 5869]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 03-2634]


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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Department of the Air Force


Global Positioning System Joint Program Office

AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, DoD.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

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SUMMARY: This notice informs the public that the Global Positioning 
System (GPS) Joint Program Office (JPO) will be hosting a technical 
working group meeting to discuss the new Improved Clock and Ephemeris 
(ICE) message. ICE message is the new GPS navigation data that will 
replace the current clock and ephemeris data as indicated in section 
30.3.2 of previously released PIRN-200C-007B. The meeting will be a 
technical working group discussion that will address all aspects of ICE 
including specific data format, data requirements, data application and 
related equations, message format, user receiver needs/implications, 
and any issues or concerns with ICE. In order to better prepare for the 
meeting, the GPS JPO requests email notification from all those 
planning to participate in the meeting. Please submit your name, 
organization, and contact information to [email protected] 
and include the words, ``ICE Working Group Attendee'' in the subject 
line of your email. More information will be posted on the GPS JPO 
public web site: http://gps.losangeles.af.mil. Click on ``Public 
Interface Control Working Group (ICWG).''

DATES: February 12, 2003, 0800-1700.

ADDRESSES: Los Angeles AFB, Bldg 120, Daedalian Room (in ``The Club'').

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: CZERC, GPS JPO System Engineering 
Division via email at [email protected] or at 1-310-363-6329.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The civilian and military communities use 
the Global Positioning System, which employs a constellation of 24 
satellites to provide continuously transmitted signals to enable 
appropriately configured GPS user equipment to produce accurate 
position, navigation and time information.

Pamela D. Fitzgerald,
 Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer.
[FR Doc. 03-2634 Filed 2-4-03; 8:45 am]
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