🛰28 April: the EU launched 2 new Galileo satellites!
Earlier this morning, the Galileo satellites were ejected from the launcher's upper stage & reached the Holding Point. They are currently managed by #EUSPA as part of the Launch & Early Orbit Phase (LEOP).
What happens now?
Over the following days, the EUSPA LEOP team will be manoeuvring the satellites from the dedicated #Galileo Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany until they are placed into their home orbit at 23 220 km.
Galileo LEOP operations will constitute one of the most cooperative activities between numerous European entities in the #EUSpace sector, including EUSPA, Spaceopal, @DLR , German Space Operations Center, Telespazio and ESA.
Galileo: financed by the EU, developed by ESA, services delivered by EUSPA. This is #EUSpace! 🧵2/2
Published every two years, the #EUSPA EO and GNSS market report is the most established reference document for information on the global Earth Observation and GNSS markets.
According to the newest report, published in 2024, how much revenue did the GNSS and Earth Observation downstream market generate in 2023?
Not only did the GNSS and EO downstream market generate over EUR 260 billion in revenue in 2023, it is estimated to increase to nearly €590 billion by 2033!
Today, over 400 airports have implemented EGNOS-based approaches, including many small and regional airports that cannot afford the high cost of ground-based navigational systems.
By increasing accessibility to regional airports, EGNOS-based procedures help decongest Europe’s busy airspace, especially around the major hub airports.
🌐🚀 Introducing GOVSATCOM, a pivotal initiative within the Global Strategy for the European Union's Foreign and Security Policy. Do you know what GOVSATCOM offers?
And the aim of GOVSATCOM is…to provide secure and cost-efficient satellite communications capabilities to security and safety critical missions and operations.
From curbing CO2 emissions to fighting illegal logging and tracking biodiversity, Copernicus – Europe’s Earth Observation programme – is the essential tool for monitoring climate change and delivering on the #EUGreenDeal ambitious goals.
@eternaltyro Hi! you can play around with EO Browser here: https://apps.sentinel-hub.com/eo-browser/, you can select the date or the range of dates, and play around with the parameters to get different types of imagery that you can later download. Hope it helps!
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