http://www.eubusiness.com Latest news from the EU about European Space Policy daily 1 2007-05-15T13:08:33Z http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/space-aerospace.gbk Czech Republic politicians have approved the transfer to Prague of the EU agency in charge of Europe's Galileo geopositioning system, lawmakers said Thursday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. space Czech aerospace Galileo Headline2 2012-05-03T15:25:29Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/nkorea-space-rocket.g11 The EU branded North Korea's failed attempt Friday to launch a rocket into orbit as a "dangerous and destabilising" action that breached a UN Security Council resolution. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. NKorea rocket space 2012-04-13T10:25:50Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/skorea-nkorea-iran.fuv European Union leaders Wednesday voiced "grave concern" at North Korea's missile and nuclear weapons programmes and called on it to scrap a long-range rocket launch scheduled for next month. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. SKorea NKorea Iran missile space 2012-03-28T03:42:04Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/nkorea-missile.fq8 EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton joined international condemnation of North Korean plans to launch a satellite next month, using a long-range rocket. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. NKorea missile military space 2012-03-17T19:07:10Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/space-telecom.ext The EU on Thursday signed contracts with German and French engineering firms to build and launch another eight satellites for its Europe's Galileo geopositioning system. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline1 telecom Space 2012-02-03T09:55:16Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/space-us-security.elq The United States pledged Tuesday to join an EU-led effort to develop a space "code of conduct" that would set rules for orbiting spacecraft and for mitigating the growing problem of orbiting debris. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Space US environment security Headline2 2012-01-18T12:04:10Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/space/space-strategy.11 Space policy is an instrument serving the EU's internal and external policies and responds to three types of needs: social, economic, and strategic. The space sector directly contributes to achieving the objectives of the Europe 2020 Strategy, namely smart, sustainable and inclusive growth. Space policy thus forms an integral part of the "Industrial Policy" flagship initiative and the Strategy calls on the Commission to strive "to develop an effective space policy to provide the tools to address some of the key global challenges and in particular to deliver Galileo and GMES". No publisher inadim Research & Technology Space growth 2020 Galileo 2011-04-12T21:18:44Z Book http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/space/galileo-midterm-review The European Commission presented its midterm review on the development of Europe’s satellite navigation programmes Galileo and EGNOS. Recent progress in the development of Galileo, including the signature of four major contracts and the testing of the first four operational satellites, means that the satellite navigation system will deliver initial services in 2014. No publisher Ina Dimireva Galileo satellite Space 2011-01-20T23:13:39Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/transport/egnos The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) is a satellite-based augmentation system that improves the accuracy of satellite navigation signals over Europe. The accuracy of current GPS signals is improved from about ten metres to two metres. EGNOS is Europe’s first venture into satellite navigation. No publisher eub2 Research & Technology Transport space 2009-10-01T15:51:56Z Link