Europe needs a space policy that delivers social benefits to...
Europe needs a space policy that delivers social benefits to citizens and drives innovation, the European Commission said in a statement to the European Parliament and Council of Ministers Monday. Priorities now are global satellite navigation system Galileo and the…
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European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service, climate change monitoring, security, competitiveness and space exploration, it said. Satellite communications is a significant part of the space market because orders for that equipment provide regular work for the launch sector, helping to give the EU and its members independent access to space, the EC said. But the EU, European Space Agency and national governments also quickly need a policy that reflects the specific needs of each sub-sector in order to spur steady, balanced development of the entire industrial base, more global competition, and the creation of a market for European space products and services, it said. Communications satellites generate the most revenue in the space industry in Europe and elsewhere, it said. Satellites can help deliver the digital agenda, and advanced technologies developed for those satellites, such as reuse of public sector information, can foster new services for Europeans such as automatic emergency calls in vehicles, it said. To maintain its lead in satellite communications, there must be research at EU level and enough spectrum available to make such systems operational, it said.