The European Space Agency (ESA) is Europe’s gateway to space. Its mission is to shape the development of Europe’s space capability and ensure that investment in space continues to deliver benefits to the citizens of Europe and the world.
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Exploring our Solar System and unlocking the secrets of the Universe
Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicThe United States GPS and Russian GLONASS navigation systems offer a wide range of applications for maritime, land mobile and aeronautical users. However, in most cases a ""civil overlay system"" is needed to optimize service performance and integrity.This documentary outlines ESA's efforts to develop and demonstrate such a system for aeronautical navigation.
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10:00:00:00 gvs' passenger plane, Eurostar, freight ship, crop spraying
10:00:31:00 title sequence: Whose Sky Is It?
10:01:00:00 gvs' transport, satellite navigation systems
10:01:52:00 gvs' Hamburg harbour, freight loading; mcs Professor of flight technology [interview in German]
10:03:30:00 animation tracking satellite
10:03:48:00 ms satellite receiver, top shot mobile crane
10:03:54:00 var s' passenger plane in flight; animation plane receives radar signals, globe receives radar signals
10:04:47:00 gvs' commercial aviation control; gvs' launch of American military plane from aircraft carrier; gvs' launch of missile from underwater site
10:05:37:00 mcs French Director of Air Navigation, interspersed with gvs' air traffic control
10:07:37:00 gvs' transport [freight ship, Eurostar, planes on runway and in flight]
10:07:58:00 mcs Neil Kinnock [interview in English]
10:08:49:00 gvs' Inmarsat launch
10:09:07:00 animations Inmarsat world coverage, satellites in orbit, terrestrial transfer of si