TAG: Galileo Control Segment

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

Galileo Control Segment upgrade ready for next launch

October 25, 2021

The Galileo ground station near New Caledonia capital Nouméa incorporates a Galileo Sensor Station (foreground) that monitors the quality of navigation signals and an uplink station (background) to relay navigation corrections to the satellites for rebroadcast to users. An antenna 13 meters in diameter for controlling the satellites has also been built, ready to come online later this year. (Photo: ESA)

ESA awards Galileo ground control upgrade to GMV

September 6, 2018