Galileo's fifth satellite – recently salvaged from the wrong orbit to begin navigation testing – has been combined with three predecessors to provide its very first position fix. Test receivers...

ESA’s fifth Galileo navigation satellite, one of two left in the wrong orbit this summer, will make a series of manoeuvres this month as a prelude to its health being...

The European Space Agency (ESA) has reported that operations are continuing smoothly for Galileo satellites 5 and 6. Both satellites now have both sets of their solar arrays fully deployed...

Work at ESA’s ESOC control centre continues relentlessly on the two Galileo satellites. Despite the non-nominal orbit, the satellites are safely under control after they were released from the launcher...

Galileo’s post-launch team at ESA have finalised their preparations for taking control of the twin satellites being launched this month. The next pair of Galileo satellites are due to be...

The Fourth International Galileo Colloquium, taking place in Prague, Czech Republic, from 4 to 6 December 2013, will bring together leading members of the European scientific community and their international...

Since the launch of the last two Galileo satellites in autumn 2012, Fugro has been looking forward to demonstrating real-time Precise Point Positioning (PPP) based solely on Galileo signals. These...

The twin Galileo satellites are fully fuelled and mated together atop the upper stage that will haul them most of the way up into their final orbit. The launch is...

The next Galileo navigation satellite has touched down at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, to begin preparations for launch in October 2012, when this plus another new satellite will join...

The child with the best drawing related to space or aeronautics in each Member State will have his or her name given to a satellite of the Galileo programme. The...