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Starfix Flyer
Starfix Flyer
Starfix Flyer
FUGRO
STARFIX®
Fugro’s Starfix products and services provide vessels and rigs around
the world with precise offshore positioning systems, the reliability,
availability and coverage of which, help deliver safer operations.
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STARFIX SERVICES Starfix.G4 combined with a single frequency GPS
Fugro provides a number of services An extension of the Starfix.G2 service which receiver, are used to produce a high
within the Starfix brand as follows. utilises the Chinese BeiDou and European accuracy position. This system can provide
Galileo GNSS systems in addition to GPS a positional accuracy of better than 1.5 m
Starfix.G2+ and GLONASS. (95%) horizontally at a distance of 500 km
Starfix.G2+ is an enhancement of Fugro’s from the closest reference station.
G2 service and utilises advanced GNSS Starfix.XP2
augmentation algorithms developed A precise (decimetre) GPS and GLONASS REFERENCE STATION
in-house. This service will be particularly positioning system which is 100% NETWORK
beneficial when seeking to measure independent of Starfix.G2. Although based Fugro operates a fully duplicated network
latitude, longitude and elevation with on orbit and clock PPP technology, the for the production and delivery of high
ultra-high accuracy in real time. corrections are procured via an performance Global Navigation Satellite
Ultra-precise (3 cm) GPS and GLONASS independent third party corrections supplier. System (GNSS) augmentation services.
Global Positioning Service, using clock and
orbit corrections enhanced with Starfix.HP Independent Network Control Centres
carrier-phase corrections from the Fugro G2 A high precision GPS-only system, based (NCC) in Australia and USA
Network. on differential techniques. It uses Fugro’s Back up NCC in Australia and USA
network of reference stations to reduce or Dual satellite broadcast data links
Starfix.G2 eliminate biases due to the troposphere, covering all ocean regions
A precise (sub-decimetre ) GPS and and the orbits and clocks of satellites.
GLONASS positioning service based on Ionospheric effects are eliminated by Fugro Satellite Positioning DGNSS services
orbit and clock corrections generated from forming linear combinations of L1 and L2 are delivered over dual independent L-band
Fugro’s own expanded network of dual observations (the ionospheric effects are delivery paths. To complement the standard
system reference stations. Starfix.G2 utilises frequency-dependent). Corrections satellite broadcast delivery channels, we
Precise Point Positioning (PPP) technology, calculated at the reference stations are also offer internet / online delivery of
which distinguishes itself from the traditional transmitted to mobile users using correction data using the NTRIP protocol.
differential approach as satellite errors are geostationary communication satellites. (Network Transport of RTCM over Internet
not lumped together but estimated per Protocol).
source, per satellite. The GPS/GLONASS Starfix.L1
orbit and clock corrections are computed The Starfix.L1 system uses single frequency
separately, free of ionospheric and code correction data from Fugro’s network
tropospheric effects. of reference stations. These corrections,
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STARFIX SYSTEMS
StarPack GNSS Receiver:
The Fugro StarPack is a high precision
positioning system. The unit provides single
and dual frequency GPS, GLONASS,
Galileo and BeiDou positioning, using
corrections generated by the global Fugro
Starfix network of reference stations, Network
MultiFix 6 Software:
MultiFix 6 is a Fugro sixth generation
differential GNSS real-time position
computation and QC package. MultiFix 6
Network
has been enhanced with the introduction of
reference
G2/XP2 GPS + GLONASS functionality.
stations for
Starfix.G4
AD-492 GNSS & L-band Antenna:
and G2.
This is a multifrequency GNSS antenna with
L-band reception for receiving corrections
signals. In addition to signal reception, this
antenna has an Inmarsat C-band filter to
minimise interference from a vessel’s Global
Maritime Distress and Safety System
(GMDSS).
Independency
diagram.
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SERVICE FLYER