The EU ##sat satellite system system has suffered an outage since early July . Of the 26 satellites , 24 are unusable and the remaining 12 are listed as " testing " . The European navigation Agency warned businesses and government agencies that the satellites may not meet performance standards and that the system should be accessed at the user 's own risk . The outage was caused by a ground - based technical incident that has damaged the system 's navigation and satellite - based timing features . The search and rescue capability of the system is still working , the agency said .
The EU navigation satellite system Galileo has suffered an outage since 11 July. Of the 26 satellites, 24 are unusable and the remaining two are listed as "testing". The European GNSS Agency warned businesses and government agencies that the satellites may not meet performance standards and that the system should be accessed at the user's own risk. The outage was caused by a ground-based technical incident that has damaged the system's navigation and satellite-based timing features. The search and rescue feature of the system is still working, the agency said.