GALILEO is launched

Olivier ONIDI

Abstract:	On March 26, 2002, the European Council reached a unanimous political agreement on the launch of the European Civil Satellite Navigation Programme: GALILEO. The European Commission and the European Space Agency (ESA) have released € 1.1 billion of public funds for the development phase of GALILEO. A Joint Undertaking is established to manage the Development Phase and to prepare the Deployment Phase. It ensures a single and effective management of the program and allows a public and private financing combination. A broad description of the planning is given, as well as the various service levels that Galileo will provide. Issues of global interoperability are also addressed.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2002) September 24 - 27, 2002 Oregon Convention Center Portland, OR
Pages:	245 - 248
Cite this article:	ONIDI, Olivier, "GALILEO is launched," Proceedings of the 15th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2002), Portland, OR, September 2002, pp. 245-248.
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