EGNOS, European Superiority, and the Need to Get ‘Very, Very Busy’
The European GNSS scene received an early Easter present with the successful launch of two new-generation transponders for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite-based...
View ArticleGNSS Future Glimpsed at Summit in Munich
The Munich Satellite Navigation Summit annually gathers people involved with GNSS from around the world to report on current status and progress of the multiple systems. It is a high-level briefing of...
View ArticleOccupy Media Space Now EGNOS and Galileo Mission
By Peter de Selding The message to the recent European Space Solutions conference in Prague was simple enough: EGNOS is here, so let’s use it; Galileo is almost here, so let’s promote it. Neither task...
View ArticleEurope Weighs Mandate of Galileo Chips in Mobile Phones
The European Commission is considering a requirement for mobile phones, and perhaps other portable devices such as tablets, to be equipped with Galileo receivers that would automatically send location...
View ArticlePower Loss Created Trouble Aboard Galileo Satellite
In an update to our July 2 story (recapped below), correspondent Peter de Selding wrote in Space News on July 3 that the trouble aboard the fourth in-orbit (IOV) Galileo satellite arose from a sudden,...
View ArticleESA Discusses Galileo Satellite Power Loss, Upcoming Launch
During the European Space Agency (ESA) audio press conference held Wednesday morning in advance of Thursday’s launch of two Galileo satellites, there was extended discussion on the problem with the...
View ArticleArianespace, ESA Sign Contract for New Galileo Launches
Arianespace and the European Space Agency (ESA), acting on behalf of the European Commission, have signed a contract for three launch services with Ariane 5 ES to step up deployment of Galileo...
View ArticleAn Early Gift from — and for — Galileo
They said it wasn’t possible — well to be frank, I said it wasn’t possible – but one of the two “misplaced” Galileo satellites, plucky Doresa, has delivered an early Christmas present to the European...
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