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LEAP SECONDS - June 30, 2015 - How will it affect GPS receivers

Posted by Ryan Fernandez on June 20, 2015 at 10:45am in Surveying Equipment and Software Talk

I received a notice from a GPS manufacturer and tells that a positive leap second will be introduced June 30, 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC. GNSS positioning is expected to be impacted by this leap second insertion due to the GLONASS constellation.

leap second GPS

My question is will it affect all types and brands of GPS receivers using GLONASS?

I am using 2 types of GPS, RTK and Differential, with two different brands and only 1 brand just sent notice and firmware update to reduce risk of positioning error.

Leap Second additional info: http://tycho.usno.navy.mil/leapsec.html

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