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Russian satellite launch boosts Galileo competition
News Russia has taken a major step towards creating a satellite system to rival Europe's Galileo navigation system. Glonass takes Russia into direct competition with the US satellite system and Galileo, the proposed alternative in Europe.
[December 28, 2007, 12:24]
Researchers crack Galileo signal codes
News Researchers from Cornell University claim to have cracked the codes used by the Galileo global navigation satellite GIOVE-A. The signal transmitted from GIOVE-A (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element-A) was broken after researchers intercepted the...
[July 13, 2006, 16:35]
Euro satellite navigation takes to the skies
News Galileo will be Europe's own global navigation satellite system, made up of a constellation of 30 satellites (27 operational and three spares), which will deliver real-time positioning. On top of this, Galileo promises to be more accurate and...
[July 27, 2006, 12:10]
Europe needs Galileo to find its way
Leader There can be no more ironic comment on Europe's near-farcical failure to advance its Galileo satellite navigation system beyond a couple of prototype placeholders in space and utter disorganisation on the ground.
[May 21, 2007, 17:18]
Government funds sat-nav integration project
News The sat-nav device will be able to communicate with the American Global Positioning System (GPS), Europe's Galileo system and other global navigation satellite systems (GNSS), De Montfort claimed on Thursday.
[April 3, 2008, 17:04]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog A couple of weeks ago, the European Commission and the European Space Agency signed a massive deal with a combination of companies - including the British Inmarsat group - to build and run the Galileo navigation satellite network.
[July 15, 2005, 19:00]
Europe launches first satellite for global navigation
News Galileo should support new services such as advanced satellite navigation and better mobile location information. The Galileo project is an attempt to create a network of satellites that will be capable of calculating a location to within a few...
[December 28, 2005, 11:40]
Galileo project 'hindering' phone sat-nav rollout
News Europe's upcoming satellite constellation, Galileo, is becoming a barrier to the integration of satellite navigation into European handsets, a mobile operator claimed last week. According to Ian Curran, head of telematics and machine-to-machine...
[January 22, 2007, 10:44]
Curbs on Galileo keep planes safe
News There were fears that the constellation of satellites in the proposed Galileo fleet would transmit signals that would confuse aircraft electronic navigation equipment operating within the same radio frequency range.
[August 5, 2003, 11:20]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Europe sees EGNOS as the first stage towards a completely independent navigation system called Galileo that'll run alongside GPS -- which, since it's controlled by the American military, is perhaps not something you'd like to be entirely reliant...
[March 18, 2002, 9:26]
Galileo satellites need more cash
News The Commission wants to change the plans to give the satellite radio navigation applications and services industries more certainty around when Galileo signals will actually become available. The European Commission said the roadmap for Galileo...
[May 18, 2007, 15:30]
Europe and US finalise GPS-Galileo system
News He said the international global navigation satellite system community, including the US, will have full and transparent access to information on how to access Galileo and GPS services. A joint compatibility and interoperability working group has...
[July 30, 2007, 15:15]
European GPS rival is 'folly' says MP
News The solution offered by Septentrio is to create a processor that integrates with GPS and Galileo for use in navigation systems such as those used in cars and other vehicles. Two of Septentrio's processors that integrate with GPS and Galileo for use...
[November 12, 2007, 15:28]
Show preview: CeBIT 2007
News One of the big themes at CeBIT 2007 will be geographical information systems, including the controversial Galileo project — the European equivalent of the US satellite-based Global Positioning System.
[March 14, 2007, 8:45]
Linux considered for GPS rival
News In an exclusive interview with ZDNet UK, Pat Norris, UK business development manager for Logica CMG's Space and Defence Division, said that he wouldn't rule out using open-source software in certain systems as part of the integrator's £5.2m...
[February 6, 2004, 12:00]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog There are delighted cackles from over the ocean, where Cornell researchers say they've cracked the code for the European Union's new Galileo satellite navigation system. The code in question is being transmitted by the GIOVE-A experimental...
[July 14, 2006, 19:15]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Well, Star Commander Pat Norris, one of the blokes behind Logica's Space And Defence division, who had a hand in the unfortunate Beagle and is also busy with the better starred Galileo. Let's hope SCO doesn't get involved in the guidance systems...
[February 6, 2004, 15:10]
World's largest tech show still relevant
News Dr Prüser believes the advent of Europe's Galileo satellite navigation system will catalyse the telematics industry. We are very curious about what solutions will be launched [using Galileo]. He predicted that Galileo will allow users to send...
[December 4, 2006, 15:37]
Galileo gives Europe a superior location
Leader Congratulations to Guildford-based Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd, the university spin-off company blazing the way for Europe's Galileo navigation system. One of the reasons that the US government was so keen to fund the system was that it could...
[January 16, 2006, 14:55]
CeBIT approaches
Blog Among the themes expected to emerge from this year's show are: virtualisation and IT infrastructure simplification; SOA (Service Oriented Architecture); telematics and navigation, including the latest on the EU's Galileo project; solutions for...
[March 6, 2007, 8:42]
