United Kingdom Global Navigation Satellite System

The United Kingdom Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) is in development to replace the European Union’s Galileo Global Navigation Satellite System after Brexit.[1]

UK Global Navigation Satellite System
Country/ies of origin United Kingdom
Operator(s)UK Space Agency
TypeMilitary, civilian
StatusIn development
CoverageGlobal
Constellation size
First launchPlanned for 2025

The United Kingdoms GNSS will be run by the United Kingdom‘s Space Agency. Satellites are planned to be launched from Scotland using a vertical launch platform in 2025,[2] with the United Kingdom GNSS planned to be fully operational by 2030.[3]

It is estimated that the cost of the new United Kingdom GNSS will be £5,000,000,000.[4] [5]

The United Kingdom government has said that it wants the United Kingdom GNSS to be openly compatible with the United States Global Positioning System (GPS) and Five Eyes. Both the United States of America and the other Five Eyes nations are contributing their expertise to assist the planning and construction, and in exchange these nations will gain access to the United Kingdom’s GNSS encrypted area after it is launched. [6][7] [8]

History

The United Kingdom GNSS was first discussed by the UK government in May 2018 when the European Union told the United Kingdom that it would no longer be able to use the secure component on European Union EU Galileo,[9] [10] the EU equivalent to the USA’s GPS.

On 21 November 2019, the United Kingdoms Space Trade Association (UKSA) released a United Kingdom Space Manifesto, in which they state that the United Kingdom "participation in a new global satellite navigation system must be secured".[11][12]

The UK's Ministry of Defence also found security faults within the EU Galileo, and that was another reason that the United Kingdom began work on its own Global Navigation Satellite System.[13]

One suggested name for the UK Global Navigation Satellite System GNSS is Newton, after the English mathematician Sir Isaac Newton. [14]

References
  1. News, Sky (December 1, 2018). "Brexit: UK to build own satellite system after May rules out using EU's Galileo project". Sky News.
  2. Inside, GNSS (February 14, 2020). "Scottish rocket site planned could it launch British GNSS". Inside GNSS.
  3. Hoare, Callum (Dec 9, 2019). "£5billion Galileo replacement revealed as Boris Johnson plans 2030 'full system' launch". Express.
  4. Kantaria, Priya (February 20, 2019). "UK Galileo alternative costs just 3% of the EU satellite". Verdict.
  5. McGrath, Ciaran (August 23, 2019). "Forget EU! UK can build a BETTER version of Galileo - for just a fraction of the cost". Express.
  6. Hoare, Callum (December 10, 2019). "UK Galileo replacement to integrate with US GPS as Brexit inspires 'new relationship'". Express.
  7. Titcomb, James (August 19, 2019). "UK seeks 'Five Eyes' alliance on satellite rival to EU's Galileo". The Telegraph.
  8. GNSS, Inside (August 21, 2019). "A Very British GNSS Could Be On the Horizon". Inside GNSS.
  9. Smith (University of Portsmouth), Anne (May 18, 2018). "Galileo row: Brexit will bar UK from EU sat-nav programme, but Britain could build its own". The Conversation.
  10. Dan, Sabbagh (August 28, 2018). "Teresa May pledges Galileo alternative if UK locked out of satnav system". The Guardian.
  11. Chaturvedi, Aditya (November 26, 2019). "2020 manifesto emphasises UK's own GNSS system, calls for national space program". Geospatial World.
  12. Cozzens, Tracy (December 2, 2019). "UK Space Manifesto Recommends Post - Brexit GNSS". GPS World.
  13. Hoare, Callum (January 27, 2020). "UK to launch £5billion Galileo replacement as MoD identifies EU 'security flaw'". Express.
  14. Europa, Government (February 20, 2019). "UK Galileo replacement proposed". Government Europa.
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