A worldwide chain of Galileo ground stations on some of the remotest sites on Earth is nearing completion ahead of this year’s launch of two more satellites.
Space Exploration
Feb 28, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- A novel geolocation system makes use of signals from Galileo, the future European satellite navigation system, to locate avalanche victims carrying an avalanche transceiver or a cellphone, to the precision ...
Engineering
Dec 1, 2009
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A top European official slapped down reports on Tuesday that the much-delayed Galileo satellite navigation system could be 20 billion euros over budget, as he named a new contractor for the project.
Telecom
Oct 26, 2010
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A researcher at the Department of Philosophy and Cultural Heritage of Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Dr. Matteo Cosci, has retrieved archival information which confirms that the treatise "Considerazioni Astronomiche di ...
Archaeology
Oct 4, 2022
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A snapshot of Europe's Galileo space-based navigation system which went online Thursday, designed to be far more precise than its US military-run rival GPS.
Space Exploration
Dec 15, 2016
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The European Commission will on Thursday award Germany's OHB Technology a contract for at least eight satellites for its Galileo satnav system, dealing a blow to rival EADS Astrium, an industry source said.
Telecom
Jan 6, 2010
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Fusion power generation uses the energy generated by fusion reactions in high-temperature plasma. To achieve this, it is necessary to precisely measure the fast-changing high-temperature plasma to understand and control the ...
Optics & Photonics
Oct 18, 2022
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(AP) -- The European Union has unveiled an updated satellite navigation system that is up to five times more precise than the current GPS system.
Telecom
Oct 1, 2009
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It may still be five years away from launch, and over a decade before our Jupiter Icy Moons Explorer reaches the gas giant and its icy moons, but preparations are well under way. This new artist's impression depicts the final ...
Space Exploration
Jul 17, 2017
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(Phys.org) —Scientists, including Brown University geologists and students, have completed the first global geological map of Ganymede, Jupiter's largest moon and the largest in the solar system.
Space Exploration
Feb 12, 2014
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