Monthly Archives: June 2018

SES provides managed services for Galileo

SES will provide a series of services for the Galileo European navigation system under a long-term agreement signed with Spaceopal, SES announced today.

Left to right: Ruy Pinto, Chief Information Officer, Deputy Chief Technology Officer of SES André Bauerhin, Chief Operating Officer, Spaceopal Nicole Robinson, SVP Global Government at SES Networks Etienne Schneider, Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy

Left to right: Ruy Pinto (SES CIO), André Bauerhin (Spaceopal COO), Nicole Robinson (SES Networks SVP Global Government) and Etienne Schneider (Luxembourg Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of the Economy)

The contract is part of the Galileo Service Operator (GSOp) framework agreement between Spaceopal – a joint venture between Telespazio and DLR GfR mbH – and the European Global Navigation Satellite System Agency (GSA). Read more…

EU legislation: Europe’s 2 satellite navigation systems moving forward

Summaries of EU legislation: The Summaries of EU legislation inform on the main aspects of the European legislation, policies and activities in a clear, easy-to-read and concise way. These Summaries are intended for a general, non-specialized audience.

This regulation lays down the rules for the European satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS.

Regulation (EU) No 1285/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2013 on the implementation and exploitation of European satellite navigation systems and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 876/2002 and Regulation (EC) No 683/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council Read more…

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100 million users for Galileo navigation system

The Galileo satellite navigation system has about 100 million users after its first year of operation, as per the French Space Agency CNES.

The system, which is highly crucial to Europe, went operational in December 2016. It took 17 long years to be ready for launch. Initially the services it provided relayed a weak signal, and some of the timekeepers on the satellites did not function as two satellites were arrayed in the wrong orbit.

But, since then, additional satellites have been added, and by 2020 Galileo is supposed to offer enhanced accuracy than GPS, focusing on a location to within a meter, instead of several meters earlier. Read more…

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