Tag for 'Galileo'
Tuesday, June 7th, 2016
Public consultation on a Space Strategy for Europe 7 June 2016 In the period 2014-2020, the European Union will invest over €12 billion in space programmes (including Galileo/EGNOS in satellite navigation, Copernicus in Earth Observation and space research in the framework of Horizon 2020). These investments are expected to create substantial market opportunities.At the same [...]
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
EU successfully launches two Galileo satellites Brussels, 28 March 2015IP/15/4717 Galileo, the EU's satellite navigation programme, has just placed two more satellites into orbit. The lift-off took place on 27 March at 22.46 CET from the European spaceport near Kourou in French Guiana. We have received signals proving that they were positioned as expected.(…)The next [...]
Tuesday, January 28th, 2014
European Satellite Navigation Galileo services will start at the end of 2014 Brussels, 28 January 2014 IP/14/80 Galileo, the EU satellite navigation programme (the European "GPS") and Copernicus, the EU Earth monitoring programme, are in decisive phases this year. With the launch of six additional Galileo satellites, Europeans will soon be able to enjoy their [...]
Wednesday, December 18th, 2013
Switzerland joins the EU's Galileo satellite navigation programme IP/13/1292Brussels, 18 December 2013 Today Switzerland signed a cooperation agreement to participate in the Galileo and EGNOS programmes – the pillars of the EU's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS). Switzerland will now fully financially participate in the programmes, and will retroactively contribute €80 million for the period [...]
Wednesday, July 24th, 2013
Green light for European GPS: Successful Galileo position fix Brussels, 24 June 2013IP/13/729 Green light for European satellite navigation: Today in a public demonstration in Fucino, Italy, European Commission Vice President Antonio Tajani announced a successful position fixi on the basis of the EU’s current four Galileo satellites. This position fix of longitude, latitude and [...]
