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How the EU budget is spent: Galileo and EGNOS
How the EU budget is spent: Galileo and EGNOS
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Length:
6 minutes
Released:
Feb 1, 2018
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Podcast episode
Description
Galileo and the European geostationary navigation overlay service (EGNOS) are two satellite navigation systems under civil control. Galileo shall guarantee to Europe an independent access to a reliable satellite signal, being at the same time more accurate than existing concurrence. The aim of EGNOS is to monitor, correct and improve the accuracy of current open signals (GPS, GLONASS) on a limited territory. Galileo and EGNOS were conceived in close cooperation with the European Space Agency. They are first infrastructures owned by the European Union. The EU allocated more than €7 billion from MFF 2014-2020 in order to reach the full operational capacity by the end of 2020.Source: © European Union - EP
Released:
Feb 1, 2018
Format:
Podcast episode
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