GALILEO, satellite radionavigation programme: definition phase result

The Council recalled its resolution of 5 April 2001. It endorsed that the initial tendering process be based on a system with capabilities that would open the following range of possible services for development, in order to carry out the consolidation and final selection of the services to be decided by the Council no later than the end of 2003, with a view to operational deployment in 2008. Navigation services: - open service - safety-of-life service - commercial service - public regulated service - GNSS-1 augmentation service Navigation related services: - search and rescue service - navigation related communications service. The Council underlined that the result of the initial tendering process will have to clarify the costs, feasibility and comprehensive market aspects of demand for all services, specifying the potential revenue flows and how these will be achieved. Future services from Galileo will be developed based on technical requirement, user needs, economic viability and economic and social benefits of different services, in close cooperation with private and other potential partners.�