And, as of October 2018, there are 18 operational Galileo satellites. So satellite coverage isn't the issue. Broadcom strongly believes that a combined GPS + Galileo system will outperform a GPS-only system while not suffering any degradation as a result of the addition of Galileo in receiver designs. The improvement provided by the
The most critical Galileo services will also remain available to EU Member States in crisis situations, which cannot be fully guaranteed for other satellite navigation systems. A significant part of Galileo services has been available since 2016. The intention is to declare the basic services fully operational in 2022.Galileo (EU) Galileo is European Union's GNSS constellation, which is being put together by the European Space Agency, and the European GNSS Agency will operate it. Galileo is global navigation system available for civilian and commercial use. The fully deployed Galileo system will consist of 30 operational satellites and 6 in-orbit spares.
The L1-SAIF signal at 1575.42 MHz is fully compatible with the GPS-SBAS and WAAS system while the L-EX signal at 1278.75 MHz provides a high-data rate signal (kbit/s) and is compatible with the E6 signal band of the European Galileo satellites - allowing QZSS to serve as an augmentation constellation for both GPS and Galileo.