Released on = August 10, 2007, 6:17 am

Press Release Author = Air and Space Academy

Industry = Aerospace

Press Release Summary = An international colloquium on fundamental aspects and
scientific applications of Galileo and GNSS will be held in Toulouse in October
2007. Air and Space Academy, Bureau des Longitudes, Académie de Marine and ESA
(European Space Agency), are the main instigators of this colloquium meant to
contribute to the 50th anniversary celebrations of the launch of Sputnik.

Press Release Body = 1st Colloquium

SCIENTIFIC AND FUNDAMENTAL ASPECTS OF THE GALILEO PROGRAMME

An international colloquium on fundamental aspects and scientific applications of
Galileo and GNSS will be held in Toulouse in October 2007. Air and Space Academy,
Bureau des Longitudes, Académie de Marine and ESA (European Space Agency), are the
main instigators of this colloquium meant to contribute to the 50th anniversary
celebrations of the launch of Sputnik.

The colloquium will address three major issues:

- The fundamental aspects of navigation by satellites and Galileo: geodetic and
temporal reference frames, relativistic frame, on board and ground clocks, orbits,
radiation environment in orbit, inter-satellite links, fundamental aspects of
propagation, tropospheric and ionospheric corrections, calibration and validation,
relations with international organisations (BIPM, IGS).
- Scientific applications in meteorology, geodesy, geophysics, space physics,
oceanography, land surface and ecosystem studies, using either direct or reflected
signals, differential measurements, phase measurements, occultation measurements,
using receivers placed on the ground, in airplanes or in scientific satellites.
- Scientific developments in physics and dealing with future systems, particularly
in testing fundamental laws, in astronomy, in quantum communication, and in
developing clocks or experiments based on GNSS.

This colloquium intends to bring together leading members of the European scientific
community and their international partners. One of its aims is to propose to Galileo
partners means of enhancing the scientific use of Galileo and to contribute to GNSS
development based on scientific approaches.

Contact Points : http://www.congrex.nl/07a06

ESA Conference Bureau, tél. : +31 71 565 5005 ou ESA.Conference.Bureau@esa.int



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Contact Details = Patricia ARQUELLADA
patricia.arquellada@anae.fr