To celebrate 30 years of the Galileo global navigation system, the European Space Agency created the following video. Astronomer Galileo Galilei makes an appearance.
<p>“Three decades of challenges and triumphs that have shaped the navigation systems we rely on today: EGNOS and Galileo, and that serve as a legacy to building the satellite navigation systems of tomorrow,” states ESA.</p> <p> In October 1995, the ESA Council at Ministerial Level approved ARTES Element 9, initiating the studies and development of GNSS-1 (EGNOS) and GNSS-2 (Galileo). However, the first steps leading to this moment started as early as the 1980s, with pioneering research and studies conducted by ESA, national space agencies and European institutes.</p> <p>Learn more about <a target="_blank" href="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/The_30-year_journey_of_European_satellite_navigation" target="_blank" rel="noopener">the history of Galileo</a>.</p> <figure class="wp-block-video"><video controls src="https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/The_30-year_journey_of_European_satellite_navigation"></video></figure> <p><p>The post <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gpsworld.com/esa-celebrates-30-years-of-galileo/">ESA celebrates 30 years of Galileo</a> first appeared on <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.gpsworld.com">GPS World</a>.</p></p>