Two experimental satellites are being developed for the Galileo System Test Bed – Version 2, which will make up the first phase of in the ‘in-orbit validation’ of the Galileo system. Both spacecraft ...

Giove-B, the second and last test satellite, will test the atomic clock and signal transmission of Europe's troubled satellite navigation program. Jennifer Guevin was a managing editor at CNET, ...

A fully stand-alone, multi-frequency, multi-constellation receiver unit, the TUR-N can autonomously generate measurements, determine its position, and compute the Galileo safety-of-life integrity.

Launch of the second test satellite for the European Union and European Space Agency Galileo navigation system has been delayed to September. The Alcatel Alenia Space-built GIOVE-B Galileo in-orbit ...

The first Galileo Second Generation hardware has begun testing, with test versions of the satellites’ navigation payloads undergoing evaluation by Airbus Defence and Space at their Ottobrunn facility ...

No audio available for this content. The main antenna of the second Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellite being inspected with a flashlight in advance of mass property testing during ...

Europe’s second test satellite for the Galileo navigation constellation has been placed in orbit by a Russian launch vehicle which lifted off from Kazakhstan yesterday. Launched from the Baikonur ...

The second experimental satellite for the European Union's planned rival to the US Global Positioning System (GPS) was launched into orbit by a Soyuz rocket in Kazakhstan on Sunday (local time), the ...

PAIGNTON, U.K.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Spirent Communications plc (LSE:SPT), the world leader in global navigation satellite system (GNSS) testing and assurance solutions, today announced the launch of the ...

Having failed to achieve their intended orbit following a launch in August 2014, a pair of ESA Galileo satellites are being re-tasked to test Einstein's General Theory of Relativity. More precisely, ...

EU leaders have officially launched the satellite-based Galileo navigation system, which means a success for the crisis-hit continent, but provides no reason for them to become bigheaded, says Fabian ...

Software's Basic Waveform Playback Mode Provides Lower-Cost Solution for Manufacturing Market Signal Studio's new capability, comprising the Advanced Galileo real-time mode and the Scenario Generator ...