News from ESA

  • 24 December 2018
    ESA sets clock by distant spinning stars
    ESA’s technical centre in the Netherlands has begun running a pulsar-based clock. The ‘PulChron’ system measures the passing of time using millisecond-frequency radio pulses from multiple fast-spinning neutron stars.
  • 21 December 2018
    Galileo set to grow with global system update
    Having completed all necessary qualification testing, ESA has received the green light to upgrade the global infrastructure running Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system. The resulting migration, set to start in February 2019, will incorporate new elements into the world-spanning system and boost the robustness of Galileo services delivered from the 26 satellites in orbit.
  • 20 December 2018
    Contracts signed to make Galileo more robust and secure
    With 26 satellites in orbit and Initial Services available for two years, Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system continues to evolve. Its latest onward step came this week, with contracts signed with Thales Alenia Space to strengthen Galileo’s global ground segment.
  • 17 December 2018
    Galileo over Africa
    Space engineer Frank Bagiana took a smartphone equipped with the GalileoPVT app during his holiday to Africa to take augmented reality views of Galileo satellites in the sky