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 ====== pNav2 - Pico Satellite GPS Receiver ======
-==== Features ====
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+==== Features ====
   * GPS L1 C/A navigation receiver for CubeSats
-  * Low size and weight compatible with 1U CubeSat
+  * Small size and low mass, compatible with 1U CubeSats
   * Low power consumption
-  * Radiation-tolerant design -> long live in LEO
+  * Radiation-tolerant design for long-term operation in LEO
-  * 15 channels
+  * 15 tracking channels
-  * DSP acquisition unit for satellite acquiring acceleration
+  * DSP-assisted fast satellite acquisition
-  * Deduced reckoning when losing the GPS satellites
+  * Dead reckoning during GPS signal outages
-  * Customizable data exchange protocol
+  * Customizable data protocols
-    * Extended NMEA protocol
+     * Extended NMEA protocol
-    * Easy to process binary protocol
+     * Easy-to-process binary protocol
-    * Earth-Centered Earth-Fixed position and velocity vectors
+     * ECEF position and velocity vectors
-  * Easy to integrate antenna kit
+  * Easy-to-integrate antenna kit
-  * Development kit
+  * Development kit available
   * Evaluation software
-  * Engineering model and Flight model licences
+  * Engineering Model and Flight Model licenses
   * Flight heritage
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+{{0:pnav2_photo_small.jpeg?350|cuddle tanks}}
 <caption>pNav2 Photo</caption>
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 <caption>pAnt Kit Photo</caption>
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 ====== pNav2 Design Requirements ======
-==== Original pNav Design Requirements ====
+==== Original pNav L1 Design Requirements ====
   * The CubeSat navigation receiver should be as simple as possible.
-  * It should integrate all necessary parts for navigation in the LEO Orbit
+  * It should integrate all necessary functions for navigation in Low Earth Orbit (LEO).
-  * It should be compatible with a 1U CubeSat platform, ie, power consumption should be a fraction of the power budget of 1U satellite. The receiver should be small and light.
+  * It should be compatible with a 1U CubeSat platform, i.e., power consumption should be a fraction of the power budget of 1U satellite. The receiver should be small and light.
-  * The applied signal and measurement processing algorithms should be simple and very robust
+  * The applied signal and measurement processing algorithms should be simple and very robust.
 ==== + New Design Requirements ====
-  * Rapid Cold Start and satellite reaqusition
+  * Rapid cold start and satellite reacquisition
-  * Continuous positioning of a rotating (unstabilized) 1U CubeSat
+  * Continuous positioning of rotating, unstabilized 1U CubeSats
   * Easy integration into the satellite