GNSS News

  • 29 April 2020
    Galileo positioning aiding COVID-19 reaction
    As European governments plan their phased recoveries from the lockdown states triggered by the COVID-19 pandemic, the positioning delivered through satellite navigation is becoming more important than ever before. Location is a key requirement when attempting to monitor and map the spread of a disease and satnav is one of the main tools supporting this.
  • 30 March 2020
    ESA’s Navigation Directorate supporting EGNOS and Galileo services continuity
    In response to the ongoing Coronavirus pandemic, ESA’s Directorate of Navigation has shifted to teleworking while also ensuring the continuity of essential tasks, in particular the continued delivery of positioning, navigation, and timing services of the European satellite navigation system Galileo and the augmentation system EGNOS.
  • 05 March 2020
    Augmented satnav teams work together for safer flying
    All satellite navigation is not created equal. Airliners and other safety-critical classes of users employ 'augmented' satnav signals, which possess additional precision plus ongoing reliability guarantees. These signals are generated by regional systems based around the globe. The teams responsible for them met recently at Delhi in India to coordinate their future development.
  • 12 February 2020
    Europe and US look to future of positioning
    ESA’s NAVISP programme is helping invent the future of positioning, navigation and timing beyond current satellite navigation technology. The Agency’s NAVISP Industry Days welcomed a guest speaker from the US government, sharing details of a parallel effort she is overseeing from the other side of the Atlantic.