News from ESA

  • 15 May 2018
    Unboxing Galileo
    Galileo satellites 23 & 24 being unboxed in the Satellite Preparation Building after their 4 May 2018 arrival at Europe's Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana
  • 09 May 2018
    Satellite pair arrive for Galileo’s next rumble in the jungle
    The next two satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite navigation system have arrived at Europe’s Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, ahead of their planned launch from the jungle space base in July.
  • 13 April 2018
    Radio astronomers focus on ionosphere for sharper satellite navigation
    Radio astronomers and satellite navigation engineers are focusing their attention on the same point of the sky, looking into methods of improving both satnav accuracy and radio astronomy.
  • 06 April 2018
    Navigate through satnav with the ESA–JRC Summer School
    This year’s ESA–Joint Research Centre International Summer School on Global Navigation Satellite Systems is taking place in July, in the spa resort of Loipersdorf, Austria. The 10-day course will cover all aspects of satellite navigation, up to and including the development of a potential satnav-based business. Participants will receive a full-spectrum overview of satellite navigation, starting from the theoretical basis of Global Navigation Satellite Systems, their signals and processing by receivers, and how the final ‘position–navigation–time’ solution is worked out. On the practical side, exercises will include receiving signals from Galileo and its fellow satnav systems.