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Clarifying Things on a Phone Call
When talking on a conference call
you might experience issues with the
internet connection. In these cases,
you might miss out on something
that someone said.

“Could you speak more slowly, when a user, who developed
DID YOU KNOW? please?” an incredible application on
“Could you repeat that, please?” calculating the height of the waves,
The Galileo satellites are orbiting the Would you mind spelling that for me, is thanking the GSC, I know that
earth at 23.000 km with an average our job to link and merge the
speed of 3.7 km/sec. Quite a distance please?” very complex and secure Galileo
right? But if they are so far, how can “Could you explain that in another infrastructure to user needs is
we down here on Earth benefit from way, please?” done. And the users are very
them? It’s the European GNSS Service “I’m afraid I didn’t get that.” active on their requirements, but
Centre (GSC) that is bridging the this is how Galileo is built, to focus
distance between the satellites and on the user needs to evolve.
the end users. See how in the video
below! Click here Aitor Rodrigues Alvarez, GNSS
Service Centre Supervisor

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MANAGEMENT Who

HAPPY WEDNESDAYS WITH GSA
is
Who?

Vytenis Andriukaitis
Commissioner for Health &
SPACE FOR CULTURE food Safety
EUROVISION 2019 : CYPRIOT The 64-year-old Lithuanian
ENTRY is the first doctor ever put in
charge of EU health policy. He
was born in and survived the
exile in Siberia. Tobacco took
ANNUAL OBJECTIVES AND the life of two of his brothers,
APPRAISALS perhaps explaining the fervor
2019 Annual Objectives: We are of his support for regulation
almost there! Completion rate: 91% of cigarettes. He’s outspoken
Following last years unprecedented
136 out of 143 staff have defined success with Eleni Foureira’s “Fuego”, about other hot-button issues,
their 2019 objectives, out of which the Cyrpiot team is sticking to the including the dangers of trans
131 were signed by reporting officers, same recipe for this year’s entry in the fats in food. In November 2014,
thus completed. ESC. ‘‘Replay’’ by Tamta is a clubby, he was appointed to serve as EU
radio friendly, mid-tempo song which Commissioner for Health and
2018 Annual Appraisals: 5% increase will get stuck in our heads! Listen to Food Safety. Andriukaitis will
from the last week; Completion rate: it here
65 % run for president of Lithuania
141 out of 155 staff completed the Got any favourite songs you want to in the upcoming elections this
self-assessments; out of which 125 share? Drop us a line at: May. Read more
got approved by reporting officers
and 102 completed. COM@gsa.europa.eu

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