Galileo: en route to full operational capability

Soon another pair of Galileo satellites will be launched on top of a Soyuz from Europe spaceport in French Guiana. These satellites are the first of the so-called 'Batch 3', comprising of 12 additional first-generation Galileo satellites commissioned in 2017 to bring the constellation to full operational capability. They will be used to further expand the constellation up to 38 satellites and act as backups and spares for satellites that reach their end-of-life.
This 11th Galileo launch also marks the 10 year anniversary of the first launch of the Galileo operational satellites and the start of the construction of the constellation. Ten years later Galileo is the most accurate satellite navigation system in the world and available on every recent smartphone and device. It is also two decades since satellite navigation was first introduced as a completely new activity in the European space sector.
Meanwhile ESA continues to ensure the future of the Galileo programme and European expertise in satellite navigation. For Galileo ESA has already commissioned a second generation of more powerful and flexible navigation satellites while new services are being developed to meet market demand.
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[@VRoy-gr4mz]

My best wishes to the eleventh Galileo satellite.

[@ilya7minutes]

thanx for the updates about missions !

[@amangogna68]

Great video !

[@ezypoliorz27]

Congratulations ! 👏🏻

[@england8186]

QUALITY 👌THANKING YOU

[@mariadaluzmoutinho5701]

Excelente satélite ...inclui a Lua!! Boa sorte e os resultados da evolução serão promissores e importantes para todos! Obrigado ESA pelo lugar de destaque no espaço com este satélite ...

[@leknu146]

Merci Alcatel-Lucent Merci Thales
Merci l'ESA.

[@alexandreberthier1]

Top ;)

[@bobhoven3959]

Future is comming on🌠🌹❤

[@DiRECs]

So, when I drive my car in Greece, for example, and I use Google Maps on my phone for navigation, does it get the signal from Galileo or GPS?

[@antoniousai1989]

You can choose in the GPS settings. The standard one is GPS, usually

[@konekohana]

Depends on the phone, but most modern phones (every iPhone since the 8, every Pixel since the 2, every Samsung since the S8, etc.) can use Galileo, and they use it together with other systems (mainly GPS and Russian GLONASS). That way, if all of the other systems stop working, your phone will still be able to function as navigation using the remaining one :)

[@SlofSi]

At least newer Samsung phones seem to use all available systems automatically and simultaneously, you can't even choose which ones they use. There are apps for Android which show the satellites currently in use.

[@SlofSi]

Some phones don't have hardware support for some of the systems though.

[@DiRECs]

Thank you for the replies, guys. Quite enlightening.

[@suprememaxpayne]

62 or 64?

[@reboot3923]

❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏

[@i_fri]

8)

[@janklaas6885]

🇺🇳4:06

[@bernarddavid7714]

Je suis déçue de voir que le commentaire n'est pas en français…

[@antoniousai1989]

Who cares

[@Gecko2305]

Why would it be?