Galileo is the European Union's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), managed by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) with design and development by the European Space Agency (ESA). It provides highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning services under civilian control with improved positioning and timing information. Galileo offers various services, including an Open Service (OS) for mass-market use, a Search and Rescue (SAR) function, a High Accuracy Service (HAS), and a Public Regulated Service (PRS) for authorized users.
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The integrated EU Space Programme comprises Galileo, EGNOS, Copernicus, and the upcoming IRIS² constellation.
OSNMA provides a cryptographic layer that enables onboard receivers to verify that incoming navigation signals originate from the Galileo constellation and have not been tampered with.
GOVSATCOM sits alongside Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS, and Space Situational Awareness as one of the five pillars of the EU Space Programme.
Celeste is designed as a multi-orbit system intended to operate alongside Galileo and other GNSS to provide complementary LEO-based navigation services.
Celeste is Europe’s first low Earth orbit satellite navigation demonstration and will test next-generation signals and technologies to complement and enhance Galileo.
Pathfinder A will demonstrate how LEO-PNT satellites can enhance the Galileo navigation system.
EGNSS encompasses the Galileo program and the European Geostationary Overlay Service (EGNOS).
The European GNSS Service Demonstrator will support EU space services including EGNOS, Galileo, Copernicus, and GOVSATCOM/IRIS².
The framework contract ensures that the ground-based service architecture remains capable of distributing new, complex data message formats as the Galileo constellation evolves toward its second generation.
The EGNSS Service Demonstrator acts as a centralized platform to validate future Galileo and EGNOS augmentation services.
The Galileo navigation constellation supports economic activity equivalent to approximately 10% of the European Union's GDP.
Govsatcom is one of the five components of the European Union Space Programme alongside Galileo, Copernicus, EGNOS, and the Space Situational Awareness Program.
DLR is preparing a global Galileo-GPS interference service.
TOUCAN aims to deliver a nationally assured timing source that does not rely exclusively on GPS or Galileo signals.
Extracting Galileo subbands from L-band acquisitions significantly reduces downstream data transmission rates to levels manageable by modern GPUs.
Different GNSS constellations use different subband nomenclatures, for example Galileo uses the designation 'E' within the L band instead of the 'L' nomenclature used by other GNSS constellations.
Galileo GSS stations form the ground network of the Galileo system and are responsible for receiving and processing satellite signals.
Galileo GSS stations analyze signal quality, identify errors, and send navigation measurements and messages to the system control center.
Achilles is part of the Galileo system evolution program, which includes enabling European industry to develop new LEO-PNT satellite positioning systems.
Europe is pursuing dual-use space programs such as Galileo and Copernicus while its overall approach to space defence remains fragmented.