Galileo Launch on December 2nd!
The Galileo satellites 27 and 28 will be launched on-board of a Soyuz carrier 2 December 2021 at 21:27:25, Kourou time – or 3 December at 01:27:25 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The 46m tall rocket will bring the Galileo satellites to their new home located 23,222 km […]
EUSPA launches the OSNMA Public Observation Test Phase
The European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) is opening the Galileo Open Service Navigation Message authentication (OSNMA) test Signal in Space (SiS) and access to related products as part of the Public Observation Test Phase. EUSPA is inviting external interested stakeholders to participate in this observation campaign. As […]
Space Downstream Innovation Days
First EUSPA Space Downstream Innovation Days now have a date! The 2-day event, scheduled for 8-9 November will offer participants the opportunity to familiarize themselves with the latest funding opportunities innovators, businesses and researchers but also an overview of latest novelties in the EU Space Programme and its latest services. […]
Galileo 10th launch anniversary: The day the European Union broke through the GNSS industry
On October 21, 2011 Europe took a major step in its space history by launching the first two operational Galileo satellites at 12h30 CET from Kourou, French Guiana. That day the EU came one step closer to having its own Global Navigation Satellite System. Galileo is the European Union navigation […]
Our presence at FAMEX 2021
Galileo Information Centre was represented last September at the most important aeronautical event in Latin America. The Aerospace Fair of Mexico (FAMEX 2021) was held for four days and had 317 exhibitors from companies, universities, aeronautical experts and the Armed Forces. This edition of the fair, which managed to take […]
The Galileo constellation is the new North Star
Like stars, the Galileo constellation seeks to provide precise positioning and timing services to the users. The North Star (Polaris) has helped navigation for centuries. Like stars, the Galileo constellation is a set of navigation satellites orbiting the Earth with the objective to provide precise positioning and timing services to […]
GIC Mexico will be present at FAMEX 2021!
The Mexico 2021 Aerospace Fair will take place from September 22nd to 25th The Galileo Information Center of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean will be present at the third edition of the Mexico Aerospace Fair – FAMEX 2021. This fair addresses commercial activities of civil, military, security and defense […]
The augmentation service providers map supporting Galileo is now available!
The interactive world map is an online tool to help find information about augmentation service providers that support Galileo. By clicking on each country, the map shows the names of the Galileo-ready providers along with the name and type of service and coverage. Standard GNSS positioning is often affected by […]
RACE Dashboard Challenges 2021: stay tuned for upcoming opportunities.
Next window for submission of proposals: from 01 September 2021 to 01 December 2021. After the first two monthly challenges – challenge #1 on how the pandemic affected the logistics/supply chain and related air and water quality, and challenge #2 on combining socio-economic indicators into a single impact metric – […]
EU Space 4 green and digital transition
Galileo and EGNOS contribute to the rollout of sustainable transport modes by reducing aviation emissions, and optimizing routes on land and at sea. Transport is one of the main sources of air pollution, which is known to have direct effect on mortality as well as respiratory and cardiovascular diseases. According […]