About Genesis

Genesis is a mission of the FutureNAV programme, an optional ESA Navigation programme with support from Italy, Belgium, Germany, France, Switzerland, Hungary, Finland and the UK.

Genesis aims to significantly contribute to improving the accuracy and stability of the International Terrestrial Reference Frame (ITRF), which serves as a reference for all space- and ground-based observations for navigation and Earth sciences. Improving the ITRF will impact navigation applications such as aviation, autonomous vehicle driving and traffic management. In Earth sciences it will help refine models used for climate and environmental monitoring and much more.

Genesis's extreme accuracy is achieved by co-locating the four geodetic (Earth-measuring) techniques (satellite navigation, very-long-baseline interferometry, satellite laser ranging and DORIS) onboard one well calibrated satellite that acts as a flying observatory. The instruments will be synchronized by an ultra-stable oscillator (USO). 

For more information, visit www.esa.int/Genesis