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 ...

On December 17, 2025, Europe achieved another milestone in its space exploration ambitions with the successful launch of two Galileo navigation satellites aboard the Ariane 6 rocket. This launch marks ...

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 ...

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 ...

To celebrate 30 years of the Galileo global navigation system, the European Space Agency created the following video.

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 ...