TAG: Galileo Control Centre

Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. (Photo: ESA)

ESA completes end-to-end test of enhanced, secure Galileo service

September 14, 2022

News from the European Space Agency (ESA) Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system continues to evolve. For the first […]


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ESA’s Radio Frequency Systems, Payload and Technology Laboratories perform RF research for both the space and ground segments. (Photo: ESA)

How Galileo performed its authenticated positioning fix

March 15, 2021

News from the European Space Agency (ESA) In a first for any satellite navigation system, Galileo has achieved […]


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Galileo Team Raced to Respond Following FOC Launch

October 17, 2014

On September 27, the first two Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites were handed over from the European Space […]


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Galileo Satellites Handed over to Control Center in Germany

November 4, 2011

Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads, reports the European Space Agency (ESA). Marking the formal end of their LEOP Launch and Early Operations Phase, control of the satellites was passed on November 3 from the CNES French space agency center in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany.


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