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Galileo Navigation Satellite
Galileo, together with the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) programme have been identified as 'flagship' activities for the European space policy programme to be kicked off before end of 2005.
The concession holder was chosen on 27 June 2005 after a process of 'competitive negotiation'. The winning proposal merges the two initial competitors, Eurely and iNavSat. The Eurely/iNavSat consortia will be responsible for managing the deployment (2006-2007) and the operational phase (from 2008 onwards) of Galileo.
The first Galileo satellite must be launched by February 2006 for the EU to hold onto the frequencies allocated to it by the International Telecommunications Union (The ITU sets such deadlines to insure that cancelled or stalled projects do not tie up scarce frequencies).
The 3.6 billion euro Galileo project is expected to start operating in 2008 alongside the US GPS system.
Galileo starts transmitting in 2005, and should be fully operational by
2008. It will comprise 27 active satellites plus three spare satellites
in fixed orbit 24,000km above the earth.
Galileo not only promises
better accuracy (around 3-5 metres without augmentation) than GPS, but also an
additional constellation to GPS, bringing the total number of available
positioning satellites to more than 50. This will largely increase the
probability to "see" the minimum number of satellites needed for a fix
even in urban canyons. In addition Galileo will provide, for certain services,
integrity signals giving information about the quality and reliability of the
positioning signals, enabling a number of "sensitive" applications
where the user needs "guaranteed" quality of positioning. Location accuracy.
In practice, Galileo is not intended to replace GPS. It is being
developed with the needs of end users in mind, so the emphasis is on
making the satellite technology as interoperable as possible with other
systems, including GPS and cellular telephone networks.
As an retired Configuration and Information Manager, I gathered some important information from the internet to understand this complex navigation satellite project to prepare for consultancy for Configuration Management including effectice Contracts Change Management.
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