News from ESA

  • 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
  • 17 December 2018
    Gaming with Galileo: new Android smartphone apps published
    Use Europe’s satellite navigation system to seek treasure in virtual mazes or ‘see’ Galileos as they cross the sky above you: two new Android smartphone apps based on Galileo are now available for general download, the results of a competition by ESA trainees.
  • 04 December 2018
    Galileo satellites prove Einstein's Relativity Theory to highest accuracy yet
    Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system – already serving users globally – has now provided a historic service to the physics community worldwide, enabling the most accurate measurement ever made of how shifts in gravity alter the passing of time, a key element of Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity.
  • 29 November 2018
    Join the future of navigation at ESA’s NAVISP Industry Days
    With 26 Galileo satellites in orbit around Earth, delivering services to users worldwide, what comes next? The ESA programme generating exciting new ideas for navigation technology is hosting its first Industry Days at the Agency’s technical heart in the new year – and companies from ESA Member States are invited to attend.