Hi everyone,
Galileo is lovely EU infrastructure, a shining light of digital autonomy, but the communication about the service continues to be terrible. Three weeks ago a notification was issued announcing a possible Galileo disruption 5 days from then, “due to testing”, with no detail at all. During the testing, Galileo transmitted outdated data, confusing and upsetting professional users, who received no explanation.
I wrote a post with more details Galileo’s Testing Communications of what happened, including some speculation why.
I very much urge the EU and EUSPA to take their users seriously and in the future report in an adult and timely fashion on (potential) problems. And not do tests that actually put the service at risk! The Galileo Agency EUSPA was offered more than a week to respond to this article, but they chose not to.
Do read on here.
Bert