EU Space Programme

The aim of Galileo and EGNOS is to provide state-of-the-art and secure positioning and time synchronisation services. 

Galileo produces position and time synchronisation data free of charge for consumers and for professional or commercial use as well as partly for a charge signal authentication services for professional and commercial use, public regulated services for authorised operators (PRS) and emergency services. 

EGNOS (The European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service) is an EU-maintained local support system for GNSS systems, which observe GNSS signals and produce location determination correction and reliability information.

The Copernicus Programme aims to produce accurate and reliable Earth observation data and data to support EU and national policies in areas such as the environment, climate change, agriculture, security and the digital economy. The Copernicus data includes data produced by its own Sentinel satellites, third party data and in situ data. The data produced by Copernicus is accessible in full, openly and free of charge.

The aim of the Space Situational Awareness Programme is to monitor, track and identify space objects, monitor space weather SWE, and network Near Earth Objects NEO. 

Space Surveillance & Tracking has been delegated to the EU’s SST Consortium. The Consortium has been operational since 2017, and its members include France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Poland, Romania and Portugal. The purpose of the consortium is to protect the EU's space infrastructure from space debris and the collision of space objects and to protect the EU from the uncontrolled return of space debris into the atmosphere.  

The aim of the GovSatCom Programme (Governmental Satellite Communications) is to ensure the long-term availability of reliable, secure and cost-effective satellite communication services. GovSatCom users include Union or a Member State authorities responsible for the supervision and management of critical security measures, or natural or legal persons. Users will be separately authorised to use the services.