ESA Feb. 24, 2026 – From adding timestamps to banking transactions to mapping the best route to a destination, satellite navigation plays a significant role in daily life. At the…
On December 17, 2025 at 2:01 a.m. local time (5:01 a.m. UTC, 6:01 a.m. CET), Arianespace successfully launched the pair of satellites, Galileo L14 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The…
Since 2011, Europe has been building a world-class satellite navigation system, serving billions of users worldwide. Today, the Galileo constellation counts over 30 satellites in orbit, fully occupying all slots…
Galileo relies on ground-based uplink stations (ULS) to maintain accurate positioning for users worldwide. These stations transmit essential data to the satellites, including the information required to compute the satellites’…
Following the announcement of the upcoming launch of LEO-PNT’s first satellites, ESA has now unveiled the name of the mission. Celeste, as it has been officially designated, will test the potential…
The European Galileo satellite navigation system Galileo keeps growing: a new pair of satellites has joined the constellation after a journey on a Falcon 9 rocket, launched from the Kennedy…
ESA satnav receiver vans – driving between the busy heart of Rotterdam, quiet countryside, and the Agency’s ESTEC technical centre – have confirmed that Galileo signals now provide a first…
How Galileo works – infographic Your satnav receiver needs a minimum of four satellites visible in the sky to fix its position on Earth’s surface. Each signal incorporates a time…
How does Galileo help other space missions? In 2023 satnav receivers are everywhere: in our phones, our cars, and drones, in fixed infrastructure, aboard boats, trains and aircraft. They are…
Galileo is Europe’s largest satellite constellation – and the world’s most accurate satnav system. The work on Galileo began two decades ago with two test GIOVE satellites, followed by a…
Europe’s first generation Galileo constellation is already the world’s most precise satellite navigation system – delivering metre-scale positioning to more than 3.5 billion users worldwide – but Galileo Second Generation…
22 Jun 2022 Thales Alenia SpaceSatellite Navigation SystemSpace to travel and navigate Contract signed with EUSPA to develop the next version of EGNOSNew milestone in the Galileo program to improve…
Airbus satellite design passes important project milestone Preparing for industrialised manufacturing concept@AirbusSpace @ESA_Tech @EU_Commission @EU4Space @defis_eu #Galileo #NextSpace #EUSpace #EUSPA #SatelliteNavigation Friedrichshafen, 08 March 2022 – Airbus has successfully completed…
Galileo: en route to full operational capability 29-11-2021 10:00 AM CET Soon another pair of Galileo satellites will be launched on top of a Soyuz from Europe spaceport in French…