News from ESA

  • 24 May 2017
    Upgraded monitoring stations point way to better satnav-sharpening EGNOS
    Upgrades to the monitoring stations underpinning Europe’s EGNOS satnav augmentation system will support its evolution.
  • 06 April 2017
    Galileo’s search and rescue service in the spotlight
    Europe’s Galileo satnav network does more than let us find our way – it is also helping to save lives. Today sees a spotlight cast on Galileo’s Search and Rescue service, which pinpoints people in distress on land or sea.
  • 28 February 2017
    UK Galileo advocate receives honour
    A leading authority and advocate of Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system has been named as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II for services to science.
  • 08 February 2017
    Northern exposure for satnav summer school
    This year’s ESA–Joint Research Centre International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems will be held in Longyearbyen, Svalbard-Spitsbergen, Norway, on 4–15 September, close to the world's northernmost Galileo station.