The partial failure of its NVS-02 navigation satellite on Sunday was the latest in a series of setbacks suffered by the ...

The Galileo satellite system is a £8bn navigation project intended to rival the US-controlled Global Positioning System. Once fully operational in 2020 it will provide accurate position ...

During last week’s 17th European Space Conference, launch company Arianespace announced it had won three new contracts.

On January 18, the team at Firefly carried out Blue Ghost’s first engine burn, firing up the lander’s thrusters and main ...

A few weeks ago, China launched the final satellite in its BeiDou-3 satellite positioning system. Didn’t know that China had its own GPS? How about Europe’s Galileo, Russia’s GLONASS, or ...

The final launch of an Ariane 5 ES rocket will loft another four Galileo satellites from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana on Wednesday – with the launch expected at 11:25 UTC.

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Together with precise optical ranging between selected satellites, this provides orbit determination capabilities with unprecedented accuracy. The Kepler infrastructure thus consists of three main ...

And yet, this was the case with Galileo’s discovery of Jovian satellites, which took shape from January 7, 1610. Astronomical changes were brewing at the end of 1609. With the telescope having ...

He also confirmed that he is considering British participation in an alternative satellite-navigation system to the EU's Galileo programme. Reuters Mr Williamson said that with so much military ...

The organisation reflects the fundamental areas that are necessary for the further development of the Galileo system. A central element of our strategy is the ... Signal Analysis and Timing Systems - ...