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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This article is tagged with earth, ESA, European Space Agency, GNSS reflectometry, GNSS-RO, map, Paris, Passive Reflectometry and Interferometry System, satnav signals and posted in Featured Stories, Latest News, OEM

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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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ESA focuses on PNT vs GNSS, wants proposals

June 18, 2019

OK, perhaps the headline is a tad misleading. But in addition to its natural preoccupation with Galileo, the […]

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Galileo constellation represents Europe’s altruistic values

May 15, 2019

In February I had the privilege of addressing the European Space Agency’s (ESA’s) Navigation Days conference in the […]

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Photo: ESA-Anneke Le Floc’h

Galileo’s crucible

March 5, 2019

Gazing through soaring plexiglass walls at the space simulation room of the European Space Agency’s Test Center in […]

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