Europe Devises Continent-Wide Backup Plan for Satellite Signal Loss

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A minimum operating network relies on navigation aids on the ground in the case of satellite signal loss.

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With the increasingly widespread use of satellite-based navigation in recent decades, air traffic control organizations have counted on space infrastructure to improve the accuracy of flight trajectories. Surveillance, such as transmitting an aircraft’s identification and position, relies on that...
Thierry Dubois

Thierry Dubois has specialized in aerospace journalism since 1997. An engineer in fluid dynamics from Toulouse-based Enseeiht, he covers the French commercial aviation, defense and space industries. His expertise extends to all things technology in Europe.  

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