Under the management of the European GNSS Agency (GSA), a collision avoidance manoeuvre for satellite GSAT0219 was performed during the first weekend of March. This manoeuvre was conducted following a collision risk alert received from EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EUSST).

First collision avoidance manoeuvre in the Galileo constellation

On 25 February, the Galileo Service Operator (GSOp) received from the EUSST a collision risk alert between GSAT0219 and an inert Ariane 4 upper stage launched in 1989. Following this warning, GSOp started to closely monitor the risk, in close cooperation with EUSST that was refining its predictions. Read more…