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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OneWeb’s constellation will operate in low Earth orbit rather than the medium Earth orbits used by Galileo, GPS, and other traditional navigation systems.
UK GNSS is a search programme that developed outline plans for a standard satellite system as an alternative to the United States' GPS or the European Union’s Galileo.
The U.K. GNSS effort started in 2018 after the British government failed to reach an agreement with the European Union about continued participation in the EU’s Galileo satellite navigation program post-Brexit.
The Geomatics on the Move competition aims to develop innovative geomatics applications and solutions that use Galileo and EGNOS.
The drone uses GPS signals from the United States, the Galileo systems of the EU, and Russia's GLONASS.
ESA will initially order two satellites apiece from each selected second-generation Galileo provider.
The ESA-led competition to select second-generation Galileo suppliers is arranged on behalf of the European Commission and pits OHB against Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space.
OHB bested an Airbus and Thales Alenia Space consortium in 2011 to build the Galileo first-generation constellation and has been the prime contractor for the satellites since then.
ESA had previously intended to procure a transition batch of upgraded Galileo satellites but chose to move directly from the first generation to the second generation and spread out launches for the remaining 12 first-generation satellites OHB is building.
OHB has built 22 of the 26 Galileo satellites currently in orbit.
The European Space Agency is preparing to select two companies to build the second generation of Galileo navigation satellites under contracts to be signed in early 2021.
Thales Alenia Space will leverage its experience with Galileo, the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS), and other operational constellations when competing to build the second-generation satellites.
The first two of the 12 Batch 3 Galileo first-generation satellites are expected to launch on an Arianespace Soyuz in 2021.
Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space Italy built the first four Galileo satellites used to validate the constellation concept.
Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space both helped build the Galileo ground segment, giving them familiarity with the constellation.
Airbus expects the Galileo second-generation satellites to be a significantly different system with upgraded technologies including payload processing, beam forming networks, active antennas, and electric propulsion on a larger platform.
OHB is building the final 12 Galileo first-generation satellites under ESA’s "Batch 3," which will sustain the constellation until the second-generation satellites are in orbit.
The approved European Commission space budget allocates 8,000,000,000 EUR for Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system.
The European Commission agreed to a maximum space budget of 13,200,000,000 EUR for the next seven years focused mainly on continuing the Galileo and Copernicus satellite programs.
On 2020-01-15, Jan Woerner prioritized negotiating a new cooperative agreement with the European Union regarding funding for the Copernicus Earth observation program and the Galileo satellite navigation program.