TAG: European Space Agency

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Analysis of satellite imagery shows reduced NO2 in China, Italy

March 23, 2020

Descartes Labs, a geospatial data analytics company, is using satellite imagery analysis to examine how the coronavirus reduced […]


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Augmented satnav meeting focuses on future development

March 6, 2020

The 6th Satellite-Based Augmentation Systems Interoperability Working Group (SBAS IWG) took place Feb. 5-7 in Delhi, India. During […]


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Cospas-Sarsat rescue beacon activated. Its signals are picked up by satellites in orbit, including Galileo. (Photo: GSA)

Galileo now replying to SOS messages worldwide

January 23, 2020

News from the European Space Agency As well as providing global navigation services, Europe’s Galileo satellite constellation is […]


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A solar flare in 2015. (Photo: Photo: Solar Dynamics Observatory, NASA)

A day without satellites would affect us all

October 7, 2019

You wake up and turn on the TV. Your usual shows aren’t airing. You flip on the radio […]


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This pair of testbed vehicles went out on the road in Germany to simulate the way we are all likely to be using 5G positioning services in the future. (Photo: ESA)

ESA tests 5G positioning with GNSS + UWB drive

October 1, 2019

News from the European Space Agency A pair of testbed vehicles went out on the road in Germany […]


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ESA microwave engineer Manuel Martín-Neira, inventor of the PARIS reflectometry concept. (Photo: ESA)

ESA provides new maps of Earth from reflected satnav

September 23, 2019

News from the European Space Agency Your phone or satnav receiver routinely picks up signals from navigation satellites […]


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Europe chooses Airbus for SMILE space weather satellite

August 9, 2019

The European Space Agency has chosen Airbus to build the European component of the SMILE (Solar wind Magnetosphere […]


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The multinational ‘O ThiSaVRoS’ team – named after the Greek word for treasure – developed the ‘GNSS Android-based Dual Frequency Iono-estimating Precise Point Positioning’ or GADIP 3 app, winning the ESA-EC-GSA Galileo smartphone app competition 2019. (Photo: ESA)

Dual-frequency Galileo app winners prove power of two

July 1, 2019

News from the European Space Agency Europe’s students and young researchers were challenged to design a smartphone app […]


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