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Galileo (EUSPA)
Fucino, Union européenne41.98°N 13.60°E
computed criticality10/100
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≈32 satellites; most precise service (2024)
2024Fault line
The only civilian GNSS under European control, designed to avoid reliance on US GPS, Russian GLONASS or BeiDou. Its rollout was slow and its control centres are lightly redundant; still, it gives Europe a fallback for critical timing and navigation.
Actors
EUSPA
ESA
control centres at Fucino (Italy) and Oberpfaffenhofen (Germany)
Sources
GPS World, 2024 ↗estimate