Compass/Beidou Archives - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design https://insidegnss.com/category/a-system-categories/compass-beidou/ Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:28:20 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://insidegnss.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/site-icon.png Compass/Beidou Archives - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design https://insidegnss.com/category/a-system-categories/compass-beidou/ 32 32 Inertial Labs Launches GPS-Aided Inertial Navigation System https://insidegnss.com/inertial-labs-launches-gps-aided-inertial-navigation-system/ Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:28:19 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=193481 Inertial Labs has introduced its latest product, the INS-FI, a GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System designed for enhanced performance and reliability across various platforms...

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Inertial Labs has introduced its latest product, the INS-FI, a GPS-aided Inertial Navigation System designed for enhanced performance and reliability across various platforms including land, marine, and aerial applications.

The INS-FI is built with Tactical-grade Fiber Optic Gyroscope (FOG) technology and an IP67 rating, indicating its robustness and resistance to electromagnetic and environmental interference. This system integrates an Inertial Measurement Unit (IMU) that combines Fiber Optic Gyroscopes and MEMS Accelerometers, along with an all-constellations GNSS receiver supporting multiple bands (GPS, GLONASS, GALILEO, QZSS, BEIDOU, and NAVIC).

Key features of the INS-FI include:

  • High-Performance FOG IMU: Provides GNSS-free heading (True North) with an error margin of less than 0.5 degrees.
  • Accurate Positioning: Offers horizontal and vertical positioning with approximately 0.1% error of distance traveled for land applications and a drift of five nautical miles per hour for aerospace applications without GNSS signal.
  • Compatibility: Fully compatible with Inertial Labs’ ADC (Air Data Computer), VINS (Visual Inertial Navigation Systems), and SAMC (Stand-Alone Magnetic Compass).

The INS-FI incorporates Inertial Labs’ latest sensor fusion filter, navigation and guidance algorithms, and calibration software to ensure optimal performance and reliability. This new system is aimed at providing precise horizontal and vertical positions, velocity, and absolute orientation (heading, pitch, and roll) for any mounted device, maintaining high accuracy for both stationary and dynamic applications.

Jamie Marraccini, CEO of Inertial Labs, highlighted the significance of this new product, stating, “The INS-FI represents a significant milestone in our mission to provide superior navigation solutions. With its advanced FOG technology and robust design, the INS-FI sets a new standard for performance and reliability in the industry.”

Inertial Labs specializes in the design, integration, and manufacturing of Inertial Measurement Units (IMUs), GPS-aided Inertial Navigation Systems (INSs), and Attitude and Heading Reference Systems (AHRSs), leveraging MEMS gyroscopes and accelerometers for high-performing inertial solutions.

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Swift Navigation and SK Telecom Partner to Deploy AI-Powered Location-Based Products in Korea https://insidegnss.com/swift-navigation-and-sk-telecom-partner-to-deploy-ai-powered-location-based-products-in-korea/ Fri, 17 May 2024 15:47:14 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=193286 Swift Navigation has announced a partnership with SK Telecom to accelerate the deployment of AI-powered, location-based products in Korea. The collaboration involves a...

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Swift Navigation has announced a partnership with SK Telecom to accelerate the deployment of AI-powered, location-based products in Korea. The collaboration involves a carrier-grade network to deliver Swift’s Skylark Precise Positioning Service across Korea, enhancing GNSS accuracy from meters to centimeters.

Skylark, already used in over 8 million autonomous and connected devices, will be introduced to SK Telecom’s customer base, including the Korea Forest Service. The partnership aims to improve positioning accuracy for various mobility platforms and is backed by stringent safety and cybersecurity standards.

Key Points of the Partnership:

  • Service Deployment: Swift and SK Telecom are jointly operating a network to provide Skylark’s high-precision positioning across Korea.
  • Technological Benefits: Skylark enhances GNSS accuracy to centimeter-level, crucial for autonomous vehicles, UAVs, and robotic equipment.
  • Customer Integration: SK Telecom is leveraging Skylark for high-precision applications, including forest management by the Korea Forest Service.
  • Performance Showcase: SK Telecom’s drive tests showcased Skylark’s superior lane-level positioning accuracy compared to standard GNSS.

Holger Ippach, EVP of Product & Marketing at Swift, and Takki Yu, VP and Head of Infra Tech Office at SK Telecom, expressed their commitment to advancing precise positioning solutions for safer and more efficient navigation technologies in Korea:

“SK Telecom shares our vision to build a safer and more productive future by changing the way we navigate the planet,” said Holger Ippach, Executive Vice President of Product & Marketing at Swift Navigation. “Together our two companies offer a robust set of positioning solutions backed by real-world experience deploying mission-critical technology for some of the largest companies in the world. We are thrilled to have them as a partner.”

“SK Telecom is ready to provide precise GNSS positioning services for various mobility platforms including UAM, autonomous vehicles and smartphones by collaborating with Swift,” said Takki Yu, VP and Head of Infra Tech Office at SK Telecom. “We will continue our research to improve the services with AI technology and offer this innovative and high-integrity service to our customers in Korea.”

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Airoha Technology Launches AG3335MA GNSS Chip Series with AEC-Q100 Grade 2 Certification https://insidegnss.com/airoha-technology-launches-ag3335ma-gnss-chip-series-with-aec-q100-grade-2-certification/ Thu, 01 Feb 2024 17:07:01 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=192636 Airoha Technology has announced the launch of its AG3335MA satellite positioning chip series at the end of December 2023. This new chip series...

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Airoha Technology has announced the launch of its AG3335MA satellite positioning chip series at the end of December 2023. This new chip series has successfully passed the AEC-Q100 Grade 2 reliability qualification tests for automotive applications.

Airoha Technology has integrated these chips with the Dimensity Auto platform of its parent company, MediaTek, offering comprehensive solutions and technical testing services to automotive manufacturers globally.

The AEC-Q100 standard is a critical benchmark for automotive electronic components, designed to ensure reliability and safety far beyond the requirements for consumer electronics. The AG3335MA series chips have been certified by a third-party quality management system equipped with an automotive specification laboratory. Achieving Grade 2 certification, these chips are tested for operation in extreme temperatures ranging from -40 to 105 degrees Celsius, catering to the demanding environments of automotive applications.

The AG3335MA series distinguishes itself with ultra-low power consumption, high endurance, and dual-frequency capability. It supports the five major global satellite systems and NavIC, ensuring reliable operation in a broad temperature range and challenging weather conditions. Its GNSS receiver measurement engine boasts a satellite tracking sensitivity of -167 dBm and a cold boot positioning time of just 25 seconds. This enables it to receive and process signals from all visible satellites simultaneously, offering increased accuracy in positioning.

Yang Yuquan, Vice President of Airoha Technology, emphasized the company’s commitment to automotive market standards and safety. “Airoha Technology’s automotive GNSS chip series not only meets AEC-Q100 standards but has also been adopted by several key customers. We are now working towards ISO 26262 automotive functional safety certification, underscoring our dedication to the reliability and safety of our automotive GNSS chips.”

The AEC-Q100 Reliability Qualification Standards include 13 technical standards, such as High Temperature Operating Life (HTOL) and Powered Temperature Cycling (PTC), divided into five grades based on operating temperature ranges. The AG3335MA series, certified at Grade 2, is designed for the stringent requirements of automotive applications, offering a reliable, high-performance solution for satellite positioning in vehicles.

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pureL5 GNSS Digital IP Core and Customer Evaluation System https://insidegnss.com/purel5-gnss-digital-ip-core-and-customer-evaluation-system/ Wed, 16 Feb 2022 05:41:41 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=188311 oneNav announced the commercial availability of its pureL5 GNSS digital IP core, which directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou,...

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oneNav announced the commercial availability of its pureL5 GNSS digital IP core, which directly acquire and track L5 signals from GPS, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS and GLONASS without any L1 aiding.

This eliminates the entire L1 RF chain, saves PCB area and simplifies the RF front end and antenna subsystem in smartphones, wearables and trackers.

The pureL5 digital IP core’s massively parallel array processor searches the entire 1 millisecond L5 code space in parallel, delivering 1 second TTFFs. The pureL5 digital IP core is only 0.28mm2 in the 3nm semiconductor process, and consumes only 4.7mW of power in 1Hz tracking mode.

oneNav has delivered the pureL5 digital IP core RTL to its first SOC customer. IP core RTL verification and physical implementation are complete, and oneNav’s SOC licensee will tape out in Q1, 2022. The pureL5 digital IP core RTL is available for customer licensing and shipment now.

According to the company, pureL5 GNSS delivers all the benefits of high performance, next-generation L5 in a single frequency L5 receiver. With a smaller footprint than L1+L5 hybrids, it simplifies implementation in highly space-constrained devices like 5G smartphones and wearables, while lowering BOM cost and simplifying the RF front end and antenna subsystem.

It directly acquires L5/E5/B2 with 1 second TTFF and less software complexity, simplifying RF coexistence engineering. The company said this improves interference resiliency. The scalable IP signal processing core is semiconductor process node independent

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Russia and China Ink Cooperative Deal on Respective GNSSs https://insidegnss.com/russia-and-china-ink-cooperative-deal-on-respective-gnsss/ Thu, 30 Dec 2021 04:57:59 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=188078 Russian space agency Roscosmos and the Chinese Satellite Navigation System Commission have agreed to a joint roadmap on cooperation for 2021-2025. The strategy...

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Russian space agency Roscosmos and the Chinese Satellite Navigation System Commission have agreed to a joint roadmap on cooperation for 2021-2025.

The strategy includes plans for the development of navigational systems — Russia’s GLONASS and China’s BeiDou — through boosting their compatibility and complementarity, as well as placement of ground-based measuring sites on the territory of both states.

The roadmap entails plans for monitoring and evaluation of the features of GNSS and the joint application of navigation technologies to promote the socio-economic development of Russia and China, Roscosmos added.

In 2018, Russia and China reached an agreement to cooperate on the use of their GNSS for peaceful purposes. The accord was ratified the following year.

In mid-September, Roscosmos unveiled its plans to start installing GLONASS ground stations across China’s Shanghai, Urumqi, and Changchun regions by the end of this year. China is expected to place its BeiDou stations in the Russian cities of Obninsk, Irkutsk, and Petropavlovsk-Kamchatskiy.

Image: from Compass Status presentation: http://www.filasinternational.eu/sidereus-project/pdf/02.pdf

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BeiDou Conducts Laser Communication Experiment, Steps Ahead of U.S. — Could Improve SatNav Accuracy https://insidegnss.com/beidou-conducts-laser-communication-experiment-steps-ahead-of-u-s-could-improve-satnav-accuracy/ Thu, 02 Dec 2021 08:37:36 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=187848 In a race with the U.S. to develop a laser communications network in space, China’s BeiDou GNSS has conducted an inter-satellite and satellite-ground...

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In a race with the U.S. to develop a laser communications network in space, China’s BeiDou GNSS has conducted an inter-satellite and satellite-ground station experiment using using lasers rather than the usual radio signals. The technology could potentially transmit data a million times faster than by radio signal to almost any location. Some experts say it could increase satnav accuracy by a factor of 6 to 40 by synchronizing the satellites’ atomic clocks with laser beams.

[Image courtesy China Daily.]

Researchers at the Changchun Institute of Optics, Fine Mechanics and Physics in the northeastern province of Jilin developed a shape-changing mirror telescope that it at the heart of the method. It could enable a satellite to beam data to the ground or to another satellite at several gigabytes per second, rather than kilobytes by radio frequency. BeiDou’s fastest communication performance in the experiment is classified.

In a competing but lagging development, the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced on November 29 that a December 4 launch of an experimental satellite will lead to similar experiments, testing data transmission via laser beam at 2.8GB per second. This comes after a two-year delay in the project.

BeiDou and all other GNSS satellites normally inter-communicate by radio signal, which can transmit only short text messages because of limited bandwidth. With lasers, a space network could transmit data a million times faster. Laser communication offers wider bandwidth, is less vulnerable to cyber-espionage, and uses lighter, more compact technology.

A ground station for laser communication is usually a fixed facility with sophisticated devices including a large telescope, a beam tracking and locking unit, and equipment for signal processing. However, the Changchun Institute scientists and engineers packed reception equipment into a car for mobile deployment.

Laser-beam bandwidth can reach one terabyte (1,000GB) per second. Lasers are also less susceptible to being tapped by a third party, and more difficult to jam during electronic warfare than microwaves. A traditional communication satellite is usually bulky, because it requires huge antennas and lots of power to generate and transmit large numbers of radio signals. Laser devices are smaller and lighter, potentially allowing satellites built mainly for other purposes to establish high-speed communication with one another or to the ground, according to Chinese news agency reportage.

Since the 1960s, programs in the U.S., Japan and Europe have sought to develop a laser communication satellite but failed to solve some of the practical problems involved. One of these is presented by the atmosphere: air molecules can absorb or reflect light, so that too few light particles reach their destination. Turbulence can also distort or shake the laser beams so that the light signals became too blurry to read, especially in urban areas with intense human activity. The Chinese researchers in Shenyang have reportedly developed a telescope mirror that can change shape with an electric charge, to reduce the blurring effect caused by air turbulence.

Mozi, the world’s first quantum satellite, reached a download speed of 5.1GB per second in 2016 using laser equipment. Subsequently, Chinese space laboratory Tiangong 2 conducted the world’s first space-ground laser communication in daytime, overcoming another major obstacle in practical application. In 2019, a Chinese laser ground station downloaded data from a satellite at 10GB per second.

NASA’s Laser Communications Relay Demonstration

As space missions generate and collect more data, the need for enhanced communications capabilities has become pressing. Optical communications will increase bandwidth by 10 to 100 times over radio frequency systems, according to NASA statements. Additionally, optical communications provides decreased size, weight, and power requirements, for less drain on spacecraft batteries.

The Laser Communications Relay Demonstration (LCRD) payload includes two optical modules, which generate the infrared lasers that transmit data to and from Earth. The LCRD payload will be ride onboard the U.S. Department of Defense’s Space Test Program Satellite 6 (STPSat-6), scheduled for launch on December 4. LCRD will send test data to and from its ground stations.

Eventually, other missions in space will send their data to LCRD, which will then relay the data down to designated ground stations on Earth. LCRD creates a continuous path for data flowing from missions in space to ground stations on Earth, making a complete end-to-end system. Additionally, LCRD’s ability to both send and receive data from missions and the ground stations makes the system two-way.

Optical signals cannot penetrate cloud coverage, so NASA must build a system flexible enough to avoid interruptions due to weather. LCRD will transmit data received from missions to two ground stations, located in Table Mountain, California, and Haleakalā, Hawaii. These locations were chosen for their minimal cloud coverage. LCRD will test different cloud coverage scenarios, gathering valuable information about the flexibility of optical communications.

Future missions that decide to use optical communications could potentially use LCRD as their relay. One of LCRD’s first operational users will be the Integrated LCRD Low-Earth Orbit User Modem and Amplifier Terminal (ILLUMA-T), a payload that will soon reach the International Space Station. The terminal will receive high-resolution science data from experiments and instruments onboard the ISS and transfer the data to LCRD, which will then transmit it to a ground station, relaying on to mission operation centers and scientists.

In January 2020, the LCRD flight payload was delivered to Northrop Grumman’s facility in Sterling, Virginia, for integration onto STPSat-6. Throughout the development process, the NASA LCRD team worked closely with the Space Force as well as commercial partners like Northrop Grumman and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Lincoln Laboratory.

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Conceptual image of the Laser Communications Relay Demonstration payload transmitting optical signals.
Credit: NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center

With LCRD relaying data for ILLUMA-T, this will be the first operational optical communications system for human spaceflight. ILLUMA-T will send data to LCRD at rates of 1.2 gigabits per second over optical links, allowing for more high-resolution experiment data to be transmitted back to Earth.

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BeiDou Reaches Out to Africa in GNSS Forum https://insidegnss.com/beidou-reaches-out-to-africa-in-gnss-forum/ Sat, 13 Nov 2021 06:54:32 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=187678 Representatives from 50 African countries attended the first China-Africa BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, held in Beijing on November 5, organized by the China...

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Representatives from 50 African countries attended the first China-Africa BeiDou Navigation Satellite System, held in Beijing on November 5, organized by the China Satellite Navigation Office (CSNO) and a department of the African Union Commission. Participants issued a joint agreement to use the BeiDou GNSS to enhance Africa’s social, economic, and environmental developments.

CSNO chairman He Yubin. said, “ China will join hands with Africa to promote BeiDou-based services on the continent to foster local industries and businesses and help to create more jobs and reduce poverty.”  CSNO committed to exchanges and training of African personnel to facilitate countries’ efforts to grow their space capabilities.

Mahama Ouedraogo, director of human resources, science and technology with the African Union Commission, stated that Beidou will become a significant tool in Africa’s development, providing new momentum for local economies.

“Beidou has huge potential in at least ten fields such as road transportation, railway management, agriculture, land mapping and survey, urban construction as well as wildlife protection. As a result, many African enterprises have benefited from their use of Beidou-based products or services,” said Yang Dongpeng, a senior CSNO researcher.

This story based on reportage by Mustapha Iderawumi in Space in Africa.

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Russia Will Install GLONASS Monitoring Stations In China; China to Reciprocate https://insidegnss.com/russia-will-install-glonass-monitoring-stations-in-china-china-to-reciprocate/ Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:54:12 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=187343 Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos will start placing ground stations for its GLONASS navigation satellite system across China, tentatively before the end of...

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Russia’s state space agency Roscosmos will start placing ground stations for its GLONASS navigation satellite system across China, tentatively before the end of the year, announced Roscosmos Deputy Director for International Cooperation General Sergey Saveliev.

“We have a reciprocal process: we need to place GLONASS stations in China, and they are over here (in Russia). Now we have started active work. I hope that the installation will begin this year. We will make every effort for this,” Saveliev said.

In 2018, the two countries reached an agreement to cooperate on the use of their respective GNSS for peaceful purposes, with the document ratified the next year. China will install BeiDou ground monitoring stations across Russia.

The Precision Instrument-Making Systems research and production corporation, part of the state space corporation Roscosmos, also plans to place GLONASS monitoring stations in Brazil, China, Indonesia, India and Angola, the corporation said.

“In the near future another six non-request measuring stations are to be placed abroad: two in Brazil (Belem and Colorado de Oeste), one in China (Shanghai), one in Indonesia (Bukittinggi, West Sumatra), one in India (Bangalore) and one in Angola (Luanda),” the corporation said.

Negotiations with foreign partners have been held and on-site reconnaissance work carried out and contracts are being coordinated. “All contracts for deploying and operating the equipment were signed with Brazil back in 2020. All permissions to take the equipment out of Russia were obtained, too,” the corporation said. Last year Russian specialists were unable to go to Brazil for assembling the equipment due to the pandemic. The deployment work was postponed till 2021-2022, when the epidemiological situation gets back to normal.

The equipment from Precision Instrument-Making Systems is meant for enhancing the accuracy and improving other parameters of the system GLONASS.

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Enhanced BeiDou Short Message Service Displayed at International Summit https://insidegnss.com/enhanced-beidou-short-message-service-displayed-at-intl-summit/ Wed, 22 Sep 2021 16:58:23 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=187350 An enhanced version of BeiDou short message service (SMS) was showcased at the First International Summit on BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Applications...

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An enhanced version of BeiDou short message service (SMS) was showcased at the First International Summit on BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Applications held in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province, September 16–17.

The technology enables two-way communication on mobile phones in areas not covered by ordinary mobile communication signals or when base stations are damaged, which proves useful during earthquake relief, offshore fishing and emergency communication.

“Short message service needed a larger satellite terminal such as maritime satellite phone. But the enhanced version’s ‘low power consumption’ feature enables mobile phones to send emergency messages through BeiDou satellites even without ground mobile communication signals,” said Li Jingyuan, director of the BeiDou short message team at National University of Defense Technology (NUDT).

“The information transmission rate of the enhanced version has increased 10 times, which means pictures and voice messages can be sent out quickly,” Li added.

At the summit, NUDT, the people’s government of Hunan and China Electronics Corporation signed an industrial cooperation agreement to further expand short message service to low-orbit satellite users, and make the service play a role in global satellite Internet of Things, international life rescue, global emergency communication and other industrial applications.

[Photo: Exhibition floor of the first International Summit on BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) Applications, in Changsha, central China’s Hunan Province. (Photo/Xinhua)]

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BeiDou Headed Upwards of 1 Trillion this Decade. That’s Yuan. https://insidegnss.com/beidou-headed-upwards-of-1-trillion-this-decade-thats-yuan/ Wed, 26 May 2021 22:26:29 +0000 https://insidegnss.com/?p=186448 According to a presentation by China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office, the value of industries related to the country’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System...

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According to a presentation by China’s Satellite Navigation System Management Office, the value of industries related to the country’s BeiDou Navigation Satellite System (BDS) will surpass 1 trillion yuan (about 156.4 billion U.S. dollars) by 2025.

Yang Jun, deputy director of  the office, made the statement during the 12th China Satellite Navigation Conference held in Nanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province. The conference website is here.

China2China has fostered a complete and independent industrial chain for developing BDS and has exported BDS-powered products to more than 120 countries and regions, Yang said. The agency’s measurements of system performance in the first half of this year showed a signal-in-space accuracy of less than 0.5 meters.
More than 7 million commercial vehicles, about 36,300 postal and delivery vehicles, and 350 aircraft in China have been equipped with BDS.

China has made a significant push for mechanized autonomy in all phases of agriculture: more than 45,000 agricultural machines have been equipped with self-driving systems deriving their position and navigation from BeiDou.

The total output value of China’s satellite navigation and location services industry reached 403.3 billion yuan ($64 billion U.S.) in 2020, up 16.9 percent from the previous year, according to a recent industry report.

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