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Galileo achieves first civil authenticated position fix under active spoofing

During Norway's Jammertest, ESA, the European Commission and EUSPA recorded Galileo's first civil position fix authenticated under active spoofing, using five satellites' encrypted signals received at Andoya and ESA's ESTEC lab, hardening EU satnav against jamming.

Verified AI-drafted ESA news release, 16 September 2026

What it does not test. Does not establish that the Signal Authentication Service is yet available to ordinary civilian receivers or devices at scale.

How this item counts. No movement: no answer to who owns, who operates, whose law governs or who made the parts changes. Weight 0. Successful anti-spoofing test on already-EU-owned Galileo; own/operate/law/parts unchanged. European Sovereignty Index

How this item was made. Drafted by an AI system (Claude (Anthropic)) from the source cited above and published under the editor’s responsibility without a person reading it first. How the record is made

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