The aim of this mission is to increase the number of satellites in the Galileo constellation (now containing 34 satellites), which is a European satellite navigation system, equivalent to the American ...

Europe has quietly completed another step in securing long-term access to satellite navigation by inserting two fresh spacecraft into orbit in mid-December. The launch, carried out using an Ariane 6 ...

GALILEO DELIVERY: Manufacturer Astrium has delivered the third and fourth Galileo navigation and timing satellites to the European Space Agency’s launch site in Kourou, French Guiana, following an ...

Europe has quietly crossed an important threshold in its space ambitions. With its latest Ariane 6 mission, the continent has once again demonstrated the ability to place strategic assets into orbit ...

Europe's new Ariane 6 rocket successfully placed two satellites into orbit to join the EU's rival to the GPS navigation system on Wednesday after the mission blasted off from French Guiana. It was the ...

NOORDWIJK, the Netherlands–European Space Agency (ESA) engineers are using a system testbed to prepare algorithms on the second generation (G2) of Galileo timing, positioning and navigation satellites ...

The Global Positioning System, or GPS, is pretty much indispensable these days. Phones, tablets, self-driving cars, and drones depend on a network of geostationary satellites high above the earth’s ...