With 28 satellites in orbit and 10 more ready to be launched, Europe’s Galileo is the world’s most precise satellite navigation system. It is used by more than four billion users around the world, who can determine their position at metre-level accuracy.

But Galileo is not stopping here: its Second Generation (G2) is poised to transform the fleet, introducing an array of advanced functionalities and capabilities. "G2 will take our high-performing navigation system into the future with novel services and additional robustness," declares ESA’s Head of Galileo Space Segment Management Office, Andrea Cotellessa.

To make the future of Galileo a reality, ESA and European industry are hard at work developing ultra-precise atomic clocks, system testbeds, ground mission and ground control segments and, of course, the satellites that will make up the constellation. Airbus Defence and Space (DE) and Thales Alenia Space (IT) are building six satellites each that together will form the first G2 fleet.