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 ...
The European Union Agency for the Space Program (EUSPA), in collaboration with the European Commission, has published a new version of the Galileo Open Service Signal in Space Interface Control ...
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, ...
An agreement has been reached between the European Union and China on its participation in the GALILEO programme. This agreement was initialled in Beijing on 18 September 2003 by Mr F. Lamoureux, ...
Work on developing Galileo, Europe’s global satellite navigation system, is continuing, following the endorsement Europe’s Prime Ministers gave the programme at the European Council meeting in Nice, ...
As of March 17, all smartphones sold in the European Union must be leveraging Galileo signals in addition to other GNSS for calls to the European 112 (E112) emergency number. Using Galileo enhances ...
The Global Positioning System, or GPS, is pretty much indispensable these days. Phones, tablets, self-driving cars, and drones depend on a network of geostationary satellites high above the earth’s ...
BRUSSELS, Nov 23 (Reuters) - The European Commission has proposed altering the tendering process for its satellite navigation system to satisfy German demands that no one company should dominate the ...
Nov 7 (Reuters) - The European Union has struck a tentative deal to launch four Galileo navigation satellites using Falcon 9 rockets of U.S.-based SpaceX, European officials said on Tuesday, in the ...
As concerns mount about the commercial viability of Galileo, the European Union’s ambitious geopositioning satellite project, pulling the plug isn’t an option, said European Commission Vice President ...
LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Galileo Joint Undertaking on Monday said it has selected the joint bid of the iNavSat consortium, comprising European defense company EADS , Thales and Inmarsat of the U.K.