The growing number of satellites and amounts of debris in the space surrounding our planet makes the risk of collision a serious threat to the sustainable operation of EU space infrastructure. Today the European Commission welcomed the European Parliament vote in favour of a proposal to create a European Space ... Weiterlesen

The satellite ASTRA 5B lifted off on March 22, 2014 aboard the Ariane 5 ECA rocket from the European Spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana, carrying also a payload for the EGNOS GNSS augmentation system. This successful launch will ensure the replacement of another aging EGNOS satellite payload, providing augmented navigation ... Weiterlesen

This year the Munich Satellite Navigation Summit took place on March 25, 26 and 27 in “Der Residenz, München” in Bavaria. It annually gathers people involved with GNSS from around the world to report on current status and progress of numerous radio navigation systems. As in past years, the 2014’s Summit ... Weiterlesen

A February conference on the European Union’s space policy in Brussels aims to set a course for 2020 and close official ranks behind the prospect of early Galileo services at the end of this year. Much in the business community’s perception of the new system will depend on meeting the ... Weiterlesen

The  U.S. Senate’s privacy committee announced legislation aiming to give consumers more control over how information about their whereabouts is collected and used. Senator Al Franken notifies he would introduce the Location Privacy Protection Act of 2014. This act requires companies to get an explicit customer agreement before collecting and sharing ... Weiterlesen

The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) moved towards limiting the use of military airspace under its responsibility which may heavily impact on some of the six test site managers who were chose last year to work on a project for introducing unmanned aerial systems into the (US) National Airspace Systems. At ... Weiterlesen

On 6 March 2014, National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Judge Patrick Geraghty dismissed the case of the Federal Administration Aviation (FAA) against Raphael Pirker. According to the FAA’s view, Pirker had allegedly illegally used drones to make a video of the University of Virginia. The FAA had sought to assess ... Weiterlesen

Tthe new Copernicus Regulation passed the European Parliament on 12 March 2014. The EU’s Earth Observation Programme Copernicus will provide valuable data for various environmental and security applications and decisions. The Regulation ensures the further development of the programme and defines objectives, governance and funding in the amount of EUR ... Weiterlesen