07 December 2018
Misplaced satellites provide highest accuracy yet of Einstein's theory
... therefore regular shifts in gravity levels, turned a misfortunate event into a fortunate one. “The fact that the Galileo satellites carry passive hydrogen maser clocks, was essential for the attainable accuracy of these tests,” noted Sven...
21 May 2018
UK proposes ambitious national defence space strategy
... and our defence scientists and military personnel have played a central role in the development of the EU’s Galileo satellite programme alongside British companies, so it is important we also review our contribution and how we plan for alternative...
23 June 2021
ESA and EU embark on a new space programme
... and implement the programmes. In the last two decades, ESA successfully developed Copernicus and the Galileo and EGNOS satellite navigation systems. Copernicus is a game changer and rapidly became, through its space component, the biggest...
10 April 2019
Brexit high noon for UK space industry
... role the UK could play in the global space enterprise, post-Brexit." British involvement in the European Galileo global navigation satellite system has been one of the most fraught space-related challenges of Brexit. Over the course...
