ESA Developing Optical Technology for Navigation - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

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ESA Developing Optical Technology for Navigation - Inside GNSS - Global Navigation Satellite Systems Engineering, Policy, and Design

To drive the development of optical positioning, navigation and timing (PNT) technology, the European Space Agency (ESA) has signed a contract with a consortium of companies that will conduct a definition study (Phase A/B1) and associated critical technology predevelopment. This is the first step toward a potential in-orbit demonstrator for optical time synchronisation and ranging (OpSTAR) that will be proposed at the ESA Council at Ministerial …