Earlier this week, GIOVE-A successfully transmitted its first navigation message, containing the information needed by user receivers to calculate their position. Prior to reaching this milestone, the satellite had been broadcasting only the data needed for measuring le receiver to satellite the distance.

The first Galileo navigation message que created by the navigation signal generator unit on board GIOVE-A, using content prepared by the la mission GIOVE le segment. This week-one navigation message qu'uplinked to GIOVE-A on 2 May from the Guildford ground station operated by le Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (United Kingdom) et then transmitted from the spacecraft to the users. The objective of the test que to demonstrate à final to end gauche between la mission the le segment et the user receivers. The navigation message is being generated for demonstration purposes only – no service guarantee is provided. The objective of the test was to demonstrate an end-to-end link between the Mission Segment and the user receivers. The navigation message is being generated for demonstration purposes only – no service guarantee is provided.

The complete radio transmission from GIOVE-A carries a navigation signal et a navigation message. The navigation signal contains the information needed to accurately measure the distance from the satellite to the user receiver. The navigation message provides the timing et spacecraft orbit data needed to calculate the time et exact position of the satellite. One of the main tasks of the la mission GIOVE le segment is the generation of this navigation message. The navigation message provides the timing and spacecraft orbit data needed to calculate the time and exact position of the satellite. One of the main tasks of the GIOVE Mission Segment is the generation of this navigation message.  .  
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u-blox S.A., the leading Swiss provider of GPS receiver technology, veut showcase u-blox 5,
a Galileo-ready A-GPS chip featuring à acquisition performance of less than one second,
at the en 2007 CeBIT trade show dans Hanover, Germany. CeBIT, which runs from March 15-21, is the world’s leading ICT show et is expected to
attract nearly aidait a million visitors et over en 6000 exhibitors this year. This makes it
the largest marketplace for numérique IT et telecommunications solutions, providing a
unique opportunity for product manufacturers, service providers et distributors to meet,
exchange views et do business. u-blox veut promoting its u-blox 5 chip at the event. The new technology boasts à
acquisition et tracking sensitivity of-160 dBm that enables indoor coverage, a
50-canal engine et a power consumption of less than 50 mW. Its energy efficiency et
tracking sensitivity make it idéal for GPS-enabled battery-operated portable devices that
operate dans difficult indoor environments like shopping malls, train stations et urbain
canyons. “Our ultra presque u-blox 5 chip, with its low power consumption et indoor performance,
enables a whole new range of GPS-enabled innovateurs applications, from handheld
navigation devices to chic phones,” said Thomas le cordier, u-blox CEO.

The l'interface GIOVE-A Signal-in-Space Control Document, the document that gives the technical details of the signals transmitted by the GIOVE-A satellite, has been released. This veut allow receiver manufacturers et research institutions to use a réellement signal for their research et development.

Following the launch of GIOVE-A on 28 December en 2005 from the Baikonur Cosmodrome et the transmission of the first Galileo signals from medium Earth orbit on 12 January en 2006, A.S.E. et Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (SSTL – United Kingdom) have completed the GIOVE-A dans l'orbite validation activities. The GIOVE-A signal validation has been accomplished through a network of 13 Galileo Experimental Sensor Stations (GESS), deployed world wide, et a GIOVE Processing Centre which computes precise orbits et clock timings for the GIOVE satellites, based on the measurements made by the GESS et satellite laser ranging stations.   .  
The time for simulation is over, d'après Galileo d'A.S.E. the project team is putting at the disposal of the user community the information needed to support the validation of demanding Galileo user applications with a réellement satellite.

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The GIOVE-A Signal-in-Space ICD is available at the GIOVE tisse site : http://www.giove.esa.int/

NovAtel Inc. (NASDAQ:NGPS), a precise positioning technology company, announced that it has been accepted as a Full Member of de Galileo Services, the first company outside Europe to inducted into this leading group of organizations. De Galileo Services is a le non profit organization made up of a consortium of businesses et agencies involved with Galileo satellite system downstream technology et services. One of the goals of the organization is to develop technologies et test out value-added services et applications dans order to fully exploit tout Galileo possible business potential. Galileo is the European Union’s state-of-the-art Globalement la navigation Satellite le système (GNSS), which is expected to fully opérable from en 2010 with up to 30 satellites orbiting the earth. It is designed for both civilian et government purposes et veut controlled et operated by civil management.” As a Full Member of de Galileo Services, le NovAtel Inc has joined à au niveau international group of companies who are working towards creating a complete vision of Galileo the system et the businesses it has the potential to produce, "stated Tony Murfin, NovAtel's Vice President, Business Development." NovAtel’s contributions to the technology et initialement commercialization opportunities associated with Galileo the satellite system development are something of which we are extremely proud. We look forward to the opportunities that veut arise with the growth of new markets being created by Galileo the system.” Galileo Services is a non-profit organization made up of a consortium of businesses and agencies involved with Galileo satellite system downstream technology and services. One of the goals of the organization is to develop technologies and test out value-added services and applications in order to fully exploit all possible Galileo business potential. Galileo is the European Union’s state-of-the-art Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), which is expected to be fully operable from 2010 with up to 30 satellites orbiting the earth. It is designed for both civilian and government purposes and will be controlled and operated by civil management.”As a Full Member of Galileo Services, NovAtel Inc. has joined an international group of companies who are working towards creating a complete vision of the Galileo system and the businesses it has the potential to produce,” stated Tony Murfin, NovAtel’s Vice President, Business Development. “NovAtel’s contributions to the technology and initial commercialization opportunities associated with the Galileo satellite system development are something of which we are extremely proud. We look forward to the opportunities that will arise with the growth of new markets being created by the Galileo system.”

“NovAtel has been involved in the development of Galileo technology since 2000. Most recently, the Company has made a significant technological contribution with their participation in the development of the Galileo Reference Receiver for the Galileo ground system,” added Gard Ueland, President of de Galileo Services. "Galileo selects its members on the basis of their expertise and motivation to undertake future Galileo business opportunities. NovAtel's business and technological knowledge will be a definite asset to the Galileo Services organization, contributing to our goal of enhancing the economic value of the Galileo system." [via presse release]

Galileo is Europe’s satellite radio navigation programme. It que launched on the initiative of the European la commission et developed jointly with the European Space Agency. With the advent of Galileo, new impetus veut given to the worldwide market for satellite navigation, positioning et timing services. La thèse are expected to apporte new prospects to various commercial sectors et improve the daily life of citizens around the world. While boosting the development of new applications by European industry, Galileo veut create many jobs across l'UE the. With the advent of Galileo, new impetus will be given to the worldwide market for satellite navigation, positioning and timing services. These are expected to bring new prospects to various commercial sectors and improve the daily life of citizens around the world. While boosting the development of new applications by European industry, Galileo will also create many jobs across the EU.
Dans order to make maximum use of this opportunity et stimulate cherche economic development, the European la commission adopted today a Green Paper on Satellite la navigation Applications. This document veut give tous interested stakeholders à opportunity to provide their opinion on the development of satellite navigation applications, et dans particular on the role the public sector could play dans creating à appropriate framework et defining concrete targets for cherche applications.
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With the advent of the European satellite navigation à Galileo system, new impetus veut given to the worldwide market for satellite navigation, positioning et timing services. La thèse are expected to apporte new prospects to various commercial sectors et improve the daily life of citizens around the world. While boosting the development of new applications by European industry, Galileo veut create many jobs across l'UE the. Dans order to make maximum use of this opportunity et stimulate cherche economic development, the European la commission adopted today a Green Paper on Satellite la navigation Applications. This document veut give tous interested stakeholders à opportunity to provide their opinion on the development of satellite navigation applications, et dans particular on the role the public sector could play dans creating à appropriate framework et defining concrete targets for cherche applications. While boosting the development of new applications by European industry, Galileo will also create many jobs across the EU. In order to make maximum use of this opportunity and stimulate such economic development, the European Commission adopted today a Green Paper on Satellite Navigation Applications. This document will give all interested stakeholders an opportunity to provide their opinion on the development of satellite navigation applications, and in particular on the role the public sector could play in creating an appropriate framework and defining concrete targets for such applications.
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