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AsteRx-U3 Marine

AsteRx-U3 Marine

Multi-Constellation, Dual-Antenna GNSS Receiver for Marine Applications

The AsteRx-U3 Marine is designed for marine survey and construction users. It is a multi-frequency GNSS receiver offering precise GNSS positioning and heading with enhanced Iridium and Inmarsat uplink interference mitigation.

Septentrio
Leuven, BE

Description

Key Features:

  • Flexibility of use and easy-to-integrate
  • AIM+ anti-jamming and monitoring system
  • Full-constellation, triple-frequency satellite tracking on both antennas
  • Sub-degree GNSS heading & pitch or heading & roll
  • Centimetre-level (RTK) and sub decimetre-level (PPP) position accuracy
  • L-band reception, robust against Iridium and Inmarsat uplink interference
  • High-accuracy positioning at sea with Fugro Marinestar PPP corrections
  • Septentrio GNSS+ algorithms for reliable performance
  • Integrated UHF radio, cellular modem, Bluetooth and Wi-Fi

Specifications

Power

Operating power: min. [V]

9

Operating power: max. [V]

36

Typical consumption [W]

8

Certifications

CE, RoHS, WEEE, ISO9001-2015, IP68

Connectors

Antennas: TNC female, Power: LEMO 4 pins female, USB/ETH: LEMO 16 pins female, PPS OUT: LEMO 5 pins female, Serial 2: LEMO 9 pins female, Serial 1 & 3: LEMO 14 pins, Events/GPIO: LEMO 7 pins female

Performance

No. channels

544

Tracked satellite signals

GPS, GLONASS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, NavIC

SBAS differential signals

EGNOS, WAAS, GAGAN, MSAS, SDCM

Reacqisition time [s]

1

RTK Network Compatibility

yes

General

Type

Marine

Year of initial introduction

2022

Height [m]

0.045

Depth [m]

0.157

Width [m]

0.245

Total Weight [kg]

1,5

Housing Material

Ruggedized enclosure IP68

Horizontal uncertainty

Initialization time on the fly [s]

20

RTK network solution methods

heading dual antenna, heading single antenna, pitch/roll, dual antenna, integrated L-band receiver with dedicated antenna input, RTK base and rover, moving base, Support for Fugro Marinestar PPP service

Communication: Protocols

RTCM standards for differential data

RTCM v2, v3

CMR standards for differential data

CMR 2.0, CMR+

Other formats for differential data

SBF

NMEA output format

NMEA 0183, v3.031, v4.0

L-Band Compatible

yes

other output formats

UHF: Satel, Trimtalk (450S) Pacific, Crest (GMSK, 4FSK, FST)

Recording

Memory medium

eMMC

Data capacity [MB]

16000

Communication: general

PPS Out

Y

Bluetooth

Y

Communication ports

COM1/COM2/COM3, ETH, USB

Simultaneous links

Y

Environment

Operating temperature: min. [Ā°C]

-30

Operating temperature: max. [Ā°C]

65

Humidity resistance

IEC60721-3-5, Class 5K2 and corrossion resistant:IEC60068-2-52, Method 2

Shock and vibration proof

MIL-STD-810H, Method 516.8, Procedure I/II, MIL-STD-810H, Method 514.8, Procedure I

ROHS compliance

Y

WEEE compliance

Y

Water sand and dust proof

MIL-STD-810H, Method 510.7, Procedure I

Communication: links

Radio modems

UHF3 (410-475 MHz)

GSM; UMTS phone modems

Cellular modem: LTE CAT4 4G LTE CAT4 (B1, B3, B5, B7, B8, B20) 3G UMTS/HSDPA/HSUPA (850/900/1900/2100) 2G GSM/GPRS/EDGE (850/900/1800/1900)

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