#satellite-navigation

#satellite-navigation

The Ariane 6 expendable rocket only came into service last year, following the Ariane 5 that last carried a Galileo satellite in 2018. Since then, the EU has been reliant on Russian until the invasion of Ukraine and US rockets. The Galileo program itself is also aglobal navigation satellite system aimed at making the EU less dependent on the US's Global Positioning System (GPS).

PNT is the bedrock for virtually all modern-day activities from finance to transport that depend on access to reliable and accurate information. Examples cited include satellite navigation services that help people get from A to B, but also timing signals - without which mobile phones and even stock markets could not function properly. Indeed, the UK government cited a study showing that just a 24-hour outage of satellite navigation services could cost the UK economy £1.4bn.