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GNSS Academy · Master JSNP

Your pathway to the
space industry.

Specialise in satellite navigation. Build high-demand engineering skills and turn your knowledge into practical experience.

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APR–OCT2027
6Months
100%Online
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Companies & organisations

An industry-connected Master.

OUR STUDENTSOur students work at leading companies.

YOUR INSTRUCTORSIndustry experts and managers teach in the Master.

500Students featured on the programme page
40+Countries · across all continents
Space → UserNavigation systems, end to end
Why satellite navigation?

Build skills at the heart of innovation.

The Master JSNP programme develops the next generation of engineers for the GNSS/PNT sector—at the heart of the next wave of innovation in autonomy, intelligent transportation, robotics and resilient digital infrastructure. GNSS/PNT provides the trusted positioning and timing that modern economies rely on, while new services unlock higher precision, stronger integrity and greater robustness for safety-critical and commercial applications worldwide.

The satellite navigation (SatNav/GNSS) industry brings together companies, programmes and projects that deliver positioning and precise time from space.

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The pathway in practice

Learn → Build → Connect → Prepare → Showcase

Start your pathway
Your pathway during the programme

Build your expertise.
Make it visible.

Technical knowledge becomes more valuable when you can apply it, demonstrate it and connect with the people who need it. Master JSNP brings these steps together.

Project work: programming and GNSS analysis on a laptop
Expertise

Specialisation + Project experience

01
Build your expertise

Know it. Apply it. Demonstrate it.

  1. 1
    Specialisation

    Develop your GNSS expertise

    Build a structured understanding of satellite navigation, from the space and ground segments to signals, positioning, integrity and user applications.

    Your foundation: specialised engineering knowledge
  2. 2
    Experience

    Turn knowledge into a real project

    Work with real data in Python, apply navigation concepts and develop your engineering approach with tutor support. Explain your methods, analyse your results and present your work.

    Your evidence: a practical project you can discuss
Space career: an engineer approaching a satellite ground station
Visibility

Industry experts + Launchpad & AGORA

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Build your visibility

Connect. Position yourself. Be seen.

  1. 3
    Experts from industry

    Connect learning with industry reality

    Learn from industry experts, ask questions and explore how GNSS skills are used in real programmes, projects and engineering roles.

    Your perspective: understand where your skills fit
  2. 4
    Launchpad & AGORA

    Prepare your next step. Make your expertise visible.

    Through Launchpad, clarify your career direction and learn to communicate your technical strengths, project experience and professional goals. With AGORA, bring that profile into GNSS Academy’s talent network to connect with relevant opportunities in the space industry.

    Your next step: a clearer engineering profile and stronger industry visibility
The programme at a glance

Discover the Master JSNP.

  • 6 months

    A structured programme to develop your satellite navigation expertise.

  • 100% online

    Join the programme remotely.

  • International

    Connect with engineers from more than 40 countries across all continents.

  • Taught in English

    Learn and collaborate in the language of the international space industry.

  • Compatible with studies

    Develop your GNSS skills alongside your studies.

  • Compatible with work

    Continue your professional activity while you learn.

  • Deep knowledge

    Build a strong understanding of space and navigation systems.

  • Project experience

    Apply your learning through a practical engineering project.

  • Industry visibility

    Connect with the space and satellite navigation ecosystem.

    • Technical skills

    The tools behind the engineering.

    01 / ENGINEERINGPython & C/C++
    02 / ENGINEERINGGit & software configuration
    03 / ENGINEERINGLinux & Shell/Bash
    04 / ENGINEERINGMachine learning & AI
    05 / ENGINEERINGAlgorithms & filters
    06 / ENGINEERINGStatistics & decision-making
    07 / ENGINEERINGEncryption & authentication
    08 / ENGINEERINGVirtualisation & Docker

    From space systems to users and applications.

    01 / GNSSSpace segment
    02 / GNSSGround segment
    03 / GNSSOrbit estimation
    04 / GNSSClock synchronisation
    05 / GNSSIonospheric effects
    06 / GNSSSignal processing
    07 / GNSSSensor fusion
    08 / GNSSPositioning algorithms
    09 / GNSSReliability & integrity
    10 / GNSSSafety & authentication
    The main pillars of Master JSNP

    Five rocks.
    One engineering journey.

    Explore the five pillars around which the JSNP programme is structured.

    01 · Theory

    Build the foundations of satellite navigation. Explore the space, ground and user segments, positioning algorithms, signals, integrity and advanced GNSS concepts.

    ROCK 01 · THEORY

    Explore the complete
    technical curriculum.

    Five technical blocks connect the foundations of GNSS with advanced positioning, receiver processing, systems engineering and emerging technologies. Open each block to explore its modules and practical workshops.

    BLOCK 01BASICS

    Essential foundations of satellite navigation, from systems and signals to observables, error sources and the positioning solution.

    Technical modules

    • Global overview of GNSS systems and constellations
    • Navigation techniques and performances
    • GNSS signals and receiver architectures
    • Observables and ranging sources
    • Atmosphere: ionosphere and troposphere
    • Local effects, errors and threats
    • Navigation data messages
    • Position, velocity and time (PVT) solutions; LSQ-based algorithms

    Practical workshops

    • Python setup and good practices
    • Git configuration management
    • Statistics, distributions and noise
    • Least squares and estimation filters
    • Orbit propagation using TLE, SP3 and RINEX navigation data
    BLOCK 02ADVANCED

    Reliable, precise and robust positioning approaches for demanding and safety-critical navigation applications.

    Technical modules

    • Safe and reliable positioning: SBAS
    • Differential GNSS (DGNSS)
    • Precise Point Positioning (PPP)
    • PPP-RTK algorithms, models and applications
    • GNSS and inertial navigation integration
    • Robustness and integrity for challenging environments

    Practical workshops

    • Linux shell and automation
    • Cloud, virtualization and Docker
    • Advanced estimation: Kalman filters
    • Coordinate reference frames and time scales
    • GNSS/INS sensor fusion
    • Galileo High Accuracy Service (HAS)
    • RTK scenarios with RTKLib
    BLOCK 03SIGNALS

    GNSS signal design and receiver processing, from acquisition and tracking to simulation, software-defined radio and resilience.

    Technical modules

    • GNSS signal fundamentals and definitions
    • Receiver architecture and signal processing
    • Acquisition and tracking techniques
    • Galileo authentication: OSNMA / SAS
    • Radio-frequency interference and spoofing resilience
    • GNSS Software Defined Radio (SDR)
    • Signal and constellation simulators

    Practical workshops

    • Signal acquisition with Python
    • Signal tracking with Python
    • Assisted PNT
    • Signal simulation with Skydel
    • Interference and spoofing resilience
    • Authentication methods
    BLOCK 04SYSTEM

    Understand the GNSS system and its ground-segment processing chains, orbit and clock determination, ionosphere and performance.

    Technical modules

    • Galileo and EGNOS system architecture
    • Space segment and ground segment
    • Ground processing chains, data processing and validation
    • Precise orbit determination (POD)
    • Orbit determination and time synchronization (OD&TS)
    • Clock synchronization and time-scale offsets
    • Ionosphere estimation and dissemination
    • System fault detection and performance validation

    Practical workshops

    • Satellite performance
    • Ionosphere performance
    • User performance
    • System performance
    • C++
    • AI programming
    • Machine learning
    • Virtualization
    BLOCK 05FUTURE

    Explore the emerging navigation technologies and applications identified in the brochure.

    Technical modules

    • LEO satellite navigation architectures
    • Inter-satellite optical links
    • Guidance, navigation and control for rockets
    • Space situational awareness and debris
    • Galileo OSNMA data authentication
    • System authentication (SAS)
    • Lunar navigation (LNCS)
    • Alternative PNT approaches

    Practical workshops

    • Future GNSS and PNT concepts
    • LEO architectures
    • Optical inter-satellite links
    • Lunar navigation
    • Authentication and alternative PNT

    Across the programme: Python / C++, Git configuration management, Linux automation, estimation, statistics, AI / machine learning and virtualization.

    ROCK 02 / PROJECT

    From theory to
    engineering real industrial projects.

    Students develop a Python software project organized into work packages, with specifications, architecture, algorithms, validation and final deliverables.

    01 / DEFINITIONSpecifications

    Define the project's high-level requirements.

    02 / DESIGNArchitecture

    Design interfaces, inputs and outputs.

    03 / DEVELOPMENTAlgorithms

    Implement models and processing blocks.

    04 / VERIFICATIONValidation

    Compare results with reference products.

    05 / DELIVERYAcceptance

    Submit final deliverables.

    Structured work packages

    The project architecture includes readers for RINEX navigation and observation data, RINEX-B, SP3, clock, IONEX, ANTEX and DCB products, followed by staged outputs for preprocessing, corrections, positioning and performance. A project schedule establishes intermediate milestones for WP1–WP4.

    PROJECT FAMILIES & ENGINEERING TOOLS

    Engineering applications

    Explore the GNSS Academy project and tool families available within GNSS Academy. Project scope is selected according to the training objectives; students develop an assigned project rather than every example.

    SBAS satellites and ground monitoring for positioning integrity
    SBAS / INTEGRITY

    SBAS Performance & Integrity Assessment

    Assess SBAS service-volume performance, including satellite, ionosphere, range and user domains. Compute SBAS-based positioning solutions and assesses accuracy, integrity, availability and continuity.

    Precise positioning and low Earth orbit determination
    HIGH-ACCURACY POSITIONING

    Precise Positioning & LEO Orbit Determination

    Develop dual-frequency, multi-constellation Precise Point Positioning (PPP) and apply PPP techniques to determine the precise orbits of low Earth orbit satellites.

    LEO navigation constellation coverage above Earth
    LEO POSITIONING

    LEO-PNT Constellation Coverage Analysis

    A service-volume assessment framework for candidate LEO-PNT constellations, including coverage, satellite visibility, geometry and performance indicators.

    GNSS and inertial sensor fusion for vehicle navigation
    INTEGRATED NAVIGATION

    GNSS & Inertial Sensor Fusion

    GNSS/IMU measurement simulations and sensor-fusion analysis across open-sky, degraded and challenging navigation scenarios.

    GNSS receiver signals and interference analysis
    GNSS RECEIVERS

    GNSS Signal Processing & Receiver Resilience

    Signal acquisition, tracking, simulation and receiver resilience against interference, jamming and spoofing.

    LEO and MEO raw measurement simulation through atmospheric and local effects
    RAW MEASUREMENT SIMULATION

    LEO/MEO Raw Measurement Simulation

    A raw measurement simulator for LEO and MEO constellations, generating code and carrier-phase measurements across nominal, degraded and fault scenarios.

    Engineers collaborating on satellite navigation and space projects
    PROJECT EVIDENCE

    Make the invisible measurable.

    From signals and atmosphere to positioning and integrity, the project work turns navigation concepts into analysable engineering outputs.

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    Your learning experience

    Resources. Support. Industry expertise.

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    Online G-Campus

    Full access to the online campus and its learning resources.

    02

    Tutor support

    Guidance throughout the Master to help you develop your project.

    03

    Live expert classes

    Learn directly from experts working in the industry.

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    JSNP13 · APRIL–OCTOBER 2027

    Six months.
    A weekly rhythm to grow.

    Make steady progress with live sessions every Monday and Wednesday at 19:00 Paris time (CET/CEST), from April to October 2027, with a break in August.

    MONDAY19:00

    Live programme session

    WEDNESDAY19:00

    Live programme session

    Theory ClassesWorkshopsExpert TalksProject Key PointsTutorships

    The weekly sessions combine these formats throughout the programme. The detailed topic and format for each date will be communicated during the Master. Calendar times follow Paris local time: CEST (UTC+2) until 30 October, then CET (UTC+1) from 31 October 2027. August is a teaching break.

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    Highlighted dates: weekly live sessions · Paris time (CET/CEST)
    Eduardo Tapias, Founder and Director of GNSS Academy
    The Director

    Bridging engineers and the space industry.

    The Master brings together engineers from different countries, ages and technical backgrounds to develop their knowledge of satellite navigation.

    I am thrilled to announce next cohorts of JSNP. So far, 500 students from more than 40 different countries all over the World, different ages of 18 to 60 years-old and multiple engineering backgrounds have already successfully accomplished this Master working on key companies on the Space Sector. I observe this thriving market in exponential growth for the next years with the development of the safety critical and precise systems for Drones or Autonomous Vehicles and other applications, or the use of satellite navigation on the missions to the Moon and Defence. The GNSS Academy is still eager to support the Space Market from its main asset: Engineers, building the E2S bridge between Engineers seeking new job opportunities and the reference Companies demanding qualified profiles

    Eduardo Tapias
    Founder & Director · GNSS Academy

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