Europe’s third Galileo satellite has transmitted its first test navigation signals back to Earth. The two Galileo satellites launched last October have reached their final orbital position and are in the midst of testing.
A week after the dual liftoff from Kourou, French Guiana, the two latest Galileo satellites completed the critical Launch and Early Orbit Phase on 19/20 October.
A helicopter recently flew over a very special Alpine valley to gather data on how Europe’s two satellite navigation systems – EGNOS and Galileo – will work together in future.
The third and fourth satellites of Europe’s Galileo global navigation satellite system were lofted into orbit on 12 October from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. They join the first pair of satellites launched a year ago to complete the validation phase of the Galileo programme.
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are acquiring an strategic importance in many sectors, specially in aeronautics. In this context, the 
The GALILEO Information Centre for Latin America is an initiative of the Directorate General for Enterprise and Industry (DG ENTR) of the European Commission, to promote and raise awareness on the Galileo project and GNSS activities in general in the Latin American (LA) region.
Started in 2005, the Centre will hold during 2012-2013 three targeted workshops in LA gathering stakeholders from industry, government and research to explore business and collaboration opportunities, to make the GNSS world available to a wider audience, to debate roadmaps, to create interest groups, etc.
The GALILEO Information Center is funded by the DG ENTR through the LATINO project under grant agreement ENT-SAT-11/5397 and it is managed by Pildo Labs.
