Europe’s own satellite navigation system building is well under way with now one third of the constellation in space, after the successful launch on 11 September of Galileo satellites 9 and 10, from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. <br />But Galileo is not only about satellites, the system is also composed of a huge ground segment: a network of stations deployed around the earth and designed to manage the satellites and to check the positioning signals. <br />However one should never forget the meaning of all this: the end users who will use the Galileo signals thanks to new receivers. <br />Since several years now, the work on these devices has started. <br />There are already mass market and professional 'Galileo enabled' receivers. <br /> <br />As support to Galileo receiver development, GSA, the European Global Navigation Satellites System Agency, has been coordinating a comprehensive testing programme in cooperation with test centres at the European Joint Research Centre in ISPRA, Italy, and at the ESA Navigation lab at ESTEC, the Netherlands. <br /> <br />This video, produced by the GSA, explains the current status of Galileo receivers. <br /> <br />Joint Research Center : Galileo Receiver Testing
