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, ...

GMV has been selected by the European Space Agency (ESA) and the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) to develop the Galileo second-generation system test bed (G2STB). The G2STB will ...

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 ...

GETTING READY: Two experimental pathfinder spacecraft for Europe's planned Galileo satellite navigation system are in the final stages of preparation for launch, the European Space Agency says.

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 ...

On Nov. 11, the last Galileo satellite of first-generation series was shipped from ESA’s ESTEC Test Centre, Europe’s largest satellite testing facility. Galileo is Europe’s largest satellite ...

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Engineering students from around the world will be flocking to Berchtesgaden amid the Bavarian Alps in July for ESA’s navigation summer school. It’s a picturesque choice, but also a practical one: the ...

SANTA ROSA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Keysight Technologies, Inc. (NYSE: KEYS), a leading technology company that delivers advanced design and validation solutions to help accelerate innovation to ...

PARIS — The first of Europe’s full-operational-capability Galileo positioning, navigation and timing satellites has successfully completed a crucial four weeks of thermal-vacuum testing, paving the ...