The launch of the first two operational satellites of the EU’s global navigation satellite system will take place on 20th October, the European Commission announced today. This is just the first of a ...

Europa’s “wall-demon” scar resembles lake stars on Earth, prompting researchers to investigate whether it indicates pockets of water beneath the moon’s frozen surface ...

Images from NASA's Galileo mission reveal a tantalizing starburst-like feature. Scientists call it a "wall demon." ...

Giove-B, the second and last test satellite, will test the atomic clock and signal transmission of Europe's troubled satellite navigation program. Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at CNET, ...

European Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot warned the industrial consortium negotiating a contract to run Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system June 15 that European governments were not ...

The first two satellites of the EU’s Galileo programme for global satellite navigation will be launched on Thursday (20 October) from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. The historical launch ...

The European Union launched the first satellite in its Galileo navigation program on Wednesday, which European officials expect one day will end the continent’s reliance on the U.S. Global Positioning ...

European Union governments agreed Friday to jointly complete the development of the much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation project after mollifying Spain, which had demanded a bigger stake in the ...

Europe is finally set to launch its alternative GPS network of 30 satellites. Currently the EU relies on the US owned GPS network which it has no control over. Galileo is set to be a non-military ...

Newly understood instrumentation readings returned in the 1990s from NASA’s Galileo spacecraft in orbit of Jupiter have revealed that the craft not only encountered but also flew through ejecta plumes ...