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There are 26 Galileo satellites currently in orbit, with two additional satellites due for launch in 2021-07-01.
The European Space Agency performed a two-month technical and financial evaluation and recommended awarding the next-generation Galileo contracts to Airbus and Thales.
Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space will each build six second-generation Galileo satellites under contracts to be formally signed at the end of January.
OHB has an ongoing contract to provide 34 Galileo satellites, of which 22 have been delivered and the remaining 12 are in various stages of production.
The European Commission announced on 2021-01-20 that it will award contracts to Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space to build an initial set of next-generation Galileo navigation satellites.
OHB partnered with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. for the current Galileo satellite contract, with Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. providing the navigation payload.
The European Commission planned a bulk procurement of Ariane 6 and Vega C vehicles during the 2021–27 budget to fulfill Galileo and Copernicus missions.
Galileo is 100% financed by the European Union with the European Space Agency acting as the implementing agency.
Galileo is financed 100% by the European Union with the European Space Agency as the implementing agency.
The GALILEO System is an independent, global, European-controlled, satellite-based navigation system that provides guaranteed services to users equipped with Galileo-compatible receivers.
Galileo provides services for over 400 million users worldwide.
Galileo provides 20-centimeter-precision positioning, navigation, and timing services.
Horizon Green Deal 2020 is part of Horizon 2020 and aims to harness the capabilities of Galileo, EGNOS, and Copernicus to support a greener, smarter, and more sustainable Europe.
Fregata Space uses satellite remote sensing based on images from the European Sentinel-1 and Sentinel-2 satellites and other satellites, along with databases from the Copernicus and Galileo Earth observation programs, as its main monitoring technique.
OneWeb’s constellation will operate in low Earth orbit rather than the medium Earth orbits used by Galileo, GPS, and other traditional navigation systems.
The first two of the 12 Batch 3 Galileo first-generation satellites are expected to launch on an Arianespace Soyuz in 2021.
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.
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.
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.
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.