Directions 2018: Galileo ascendant
December 8, 2017
The European Space Agency and the European GNSS Agency are starting 2018 with the commissioning and in-orbit testing of four new Galileo satellites.
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The European Space Agency and the European GNSS Agency are starting 2018 with the commissioning and in-orbit testing of four new Galileo satellites.
News from the European Space Agency The last of 22 Galileo satellites has departed the European Space Agency’s […]
UK’s SSTL to build third batch of Galileo navigation payloads News from the European Space Agency Europe’s Galileo […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with Thales Alenia Space for an upgrade to Europe’s […]
I write at an especially exciting moment for the Galileo satellite navigation system, as two flagship European programmes […]
“Now that we can rely on the powerful Ariane 5, we can anticipate the quicker completion of Galileo […]
The European Space Agency (ESA) has named Paul Verhoef its new Director of Galileo Programme and Navigation-Related Activities. […]
Paul Verhoef, the European Commission’s program manager for European Union (EU) satellite navigation programs — namely Galileo — discussed current issues at some length with GPS World, in a conversation on November 10. He addressed aspects of interoperability with GPS and prospects for further development in that area, the need for an ongoing political commitment by the EU to Galileo, the challenges of financing, the prospects for an 18-satellite constellation (which he dismisses as unrealistic), military considerations for both Galileo and GPS, and the recent uncertainty around Galileo’s Public Regulated Service.
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