| Date
| Event
| Action by
|
| 25 | January 2005
| Deadline for extended Concession bids
| Private Sector Consortia
|
| 26 | January 2005
| GSA Admin Board 1st Meeting
| EU Member States |
| 8 | February 2005
| Evaluation report on extended Concession bids
| GJU |
| 15 | February 2005
| Selection of Preferred Concession Bidder
| GJU & Cion |
| 24 | February 2005
| ESA PB-NAV (Programme Board)
| ESA Member States |
| 28 | February 2005
| Start of negotiations with the preferred Concession bidder
| GJU & Private Sector Consortium
|
| 1 | March 2005
| GJU Supervisory Board 14th Meeting
| EU Member States |
| Spring 2005
| EU-US working parties established
| EU & national experts
|
| March 2005
| Galileosat Declaration: call for further subscription to ESA IOV programme
| ESA |
| 22 | March 2005
| GSA Admin Board 2nd Meeting
Elect President & Vice President, appoint Executive Director
| EU Member States |
| 21 | April 2005
| Transport Council |
EU Member States |
| June 2005
| Commitment to further subscription to ESA IOV programme (Galileosat)
| ESA Member States |
| 2 | June 2005
| ESA PB-NAV (Programme Board)
| ESA Member States |
| 27-28 | June 2005
| Transport Council |
EU Member States |
| 6 | October 2005
| ESA PB-NAV (Programme Board)
| ESA Member States |
| October 2005
| Transport Council |
EU Member States |
| 30 | November 2005
| ESA PB-NAV (Programme Board)
| ESA Member States |
| December 2005
| Transport Council |
EU Member States |
| December 2005
| Signature of Galileo Concession Contract
| GJU |
| End of 2005
| Launch of first Galileo System Test-Bed satellite
| ESA |
| June 2006
| Galileo Joint Undertaking hands over to European GNSS Supervisory Authority
| GJU/GSA |
| January 2009
| End of IOV programme |
ESA |
