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:…
Photo: EUSPA The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) has completed the testing of the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message Authentication (OSNMA) and is now gearing up for its operational launch. Galileo, similar to any other GNSS, is…
Image: EUSPA 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 Document (OS SIS ICD). The latest version, denoted…
From left to right: Sylvain Loddo, director of the Galileo ground segment program at ESA, Ennio Guarino, head of the EGNOS and Galileo programs at ESA, Lionel Salmon, director of cybersecurity for information systems at Thales, and Alexandra Porez, director…
Image: Galileo_Second_Generation.jpg On May 31, the European Space Agency (ESA) announced the main procurement batch of Galileo Second Generation (G2), initiated in summer 2022, has been finalized. The system is now ready for its on-orbit validation development phase. Following the opening…
How do/will/should North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) forces integrate GPS and Galileo for position, navigation and time? Ellen Hall “For improved resiliency, it would be a great move for NATO to integrate Galileo with GPS into their system. The ‘how’…
Image: ESA On Nov. 11, the last Galileo satellite of first-generation series was shipped from ESA’s ESTEC Test Centre, Europe’s largest satellite testing facility. Galileo is Europe’s largest satellite constellation and one of the most accurate satnav systems in the…
Galileo Second Generation Batch#1B satellites. (Image: ESA). Technology multinational GMV has been awarded the NAVGUARD project by the European Commission. NAVGUARD (Advanced Galileo PRS Resilience for EU Defence) will develop ground and space systems to detect illegal activities on GNSS…
Image: EUSPA News from the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) After a challenging Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) and testing campaign during the COVID-19 pandemic, Galileo satellite “Nikolina” (GSAT0223) entered service on May 5. The satellite will…
