GPS Satellite Agreement

Posted on July 16, 2007 at 8:27 pm (PST)

The US and EU are entering into an agreement to allow their satellite navigation systems to work together to provide more accurate images and information. The satellites would send information on the same radio frequency, enabling receivers to get signals from both systems and combine the data.

The US already has 30 satellites orbiting the earth and the EU aims to have 30 satellites up in space by around 2010 with a fully operational Galileo system by 2012. The United States is in the process of updating its GPS system — procuring new satellites that would launched into space by 2013.