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Galileo

Low Earth orbit

ESA's documentary traces Galileo and EGNOS from the 1990s, when Europe sought independence from GPS, through the GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B test satellites and the first operational launches.

Key moments

  1. Selective availability and the push for European navigation

    Watch this moment · 2:26

  2. EGNOS paves the way for Galileo

    Watch this moment · 10:56

  3. GIOVE-A launched, 28 December 2005

    Watch this moment · 18:15

  4. First signals from GIOVE-A

    Watch this moment · 20:00

  5. Atomic clocks explained

    Watch this moment · 21:28

  6. First operational launch from French Guiana

    Watch this moment · 29:02

  7. First position fix with four satellites

    Watch this moment · 32:05

  8. Initial services declared

    Watch this moment · 37:00

  9. Galileo services today

    Watch this moment · 39:24

  10. Second generation satellites

    Watch this moment · 42:53
Play video: Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System, 50:54

Photo: NASA / Public domain

Key facts
VehicleAriane 5, Soyuz
Mission nameGalileo

Videos about this mission

The videos, in date order

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  1. Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System

    European Space Agency, ESA
Play video: Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System

Galileo: How Europe Built Its Own Satellite Navigation System

European Space Agency, ESA

Duration 50:54

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Dates are when each video was first published on YouTube.

Sources: The facts and written text on this page come from the 1 video on this page, by European Space Agency, ESA.

Related missions

Same vehicle: Ariane 5

Same destination: Low Earth orbit