Galileo - a joint European project
Galileo - a joint European project
The Galileo satellite navigation system is the largest European industrial project currently being undertaken. From 2013, 30 satellites will provide terrestrial users with inch-perfect positioning technology. This is made possible with a new, absolutely accurate atomic clock, which enables synchronous signal transmission by the satellites.
Christian Arbinger: "The navigation system is at the cutting edge of what is technologically possible. By deciding to set up a civil system together, Europe made the right choice. An individual country could have done it alone, but European cooperation makes us stronger."
