Septentrio, part of Hexagon and a leader in high-precision GNSS technology, and Xona Space Systems, a pioneer in low-Earth orbit (LEO) satellite navigation, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to expand their collaboration on next-generation positioning and timing solutions.
The announcement follows Xona’s recent successful launch of Pulsar-0, its first production-class LEO PNT satellite. Within days of launch, Septentrio began tracking and analyzing Pulsar-0 signals - an important early milestone toward unlocking the service’s full capabilities.
Under the MOU, the companies will continue joint testing and validation to demonstrate Pulsar’s advanced performance, including:
- Native centimeter-level positioning accuracy
- 100x stronger signal strength capable of penetrating indoors and under dense foliage
- Robust resilience against jamming and spoofing
Through the partnership, Septentrio and Xona will advance receiver development, evaluate real-world performance, and explore commercial opportunities across a wide range of industrial and defense applications. Potential use cases include drones and autonomous vehicles, precision agriculture, construction, mining, robotics, timing solutions, and critical infrastructure.
The collaboration represents a significant step toward meeting global demand for resilient, high-accuracy navigation in challenging environments. It also reflects the companies’ shared vision to advance satellite-based positioning through hybrid GNSS-LEO architectures.
GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite System) refers to systems such as GPS, Galileo, GLONASS, BeiDou, QZSS, and NavIC, which broadcast positioning signals worldwide. Jamming and spoofing-forms of radio interference that degrade or manipulate positioning-remain growing concerns, underscoring the need for new, more robust PNT solutions.
Septentrio and Xona’s work with Pulsar-0 signals marks early progress toward that next generation of resilient, high-performance navigation.
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