"Galileo Moving Towards Early Services: Status and Challenges" - Presentation at 19th Ka and 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference Florence, October 2013

1. Galileo Moving Towards
“Early Services”:
Status and Challenges
Dr. ing. Marco Lisi
European Space Agency
Special Advisor to the European Commission
19th Ka and 31st AIAA ICSSC Joint Conference
Florence, October 2013
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2. Summary
• EGNOS and Galileo are the key elements of the European
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navigation “system of systems”, a strategic and critical
infrastructure of the European Union;
The Galileo global navigation satellite system, joint initiative by
the European Union and the European Space Agency, is one of
the most ambitious and technologically advanced service
systems being developed in Europe, by European industries and
with European resources;
While the system procurement and deployment proceed following
an incremental Implementation Plan, all steps are being taken for
the delivery of Early Services;
After a political decision of Vice-President Antonio Tajani, then
included by President Manuel Barroso in the agenda of the
European Commission, Galileo will start officially delivering Early
Services, i.e. the guaranteed and committed delivery of
capabilities to the community of potential customers/users, as
from the end of 2014.

3. The Galileo Timeline
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4. Galileo Implementation Plan
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5. Galileo IOV System Configuration
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6. Galileo Space Segment for IOV
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7. IOV Satellites (PFM, FM2, FM3, FM4)
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8. Galileo Ground Segment for IOV
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9. Accuracy of 1st position Fix at ESTEC
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10. IOV Measured Performance
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11. Satellites Visibility to Support PVT
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12. Service means Commitment
“Je m’engage…”
The Galileo Early Services come from the political decision of VicePresident Tajani (then included by President Barroso in the agenda of
the European Commission) to start a guaranteed and committed
delivery of GNSS capabilities to users/customers in October 2014
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13. Galileo Early Services: What?
Early services for OS,SAR and PRS will be provided
from 2014
Open Service (OS)
Public Regulated Service
(PRS)
Search and Rescue
Service (SAR)
Commercial Service (CS)
Delivery of a stable signal in space from a
number of satellites in orbit, allowing
ranging interoperable with GPS; time
broadcasting
Delivery of a stable secure signal in
space allowing Pilot Projects with EU
Member States
Guaranteed “forward link” which allows
the detection and localization of distress
signals; validation with Cospas-Sarsat
Initial demonstration projects with
potential service providers
The former “Safety-of-Life” Service
is being re-profiled:
Integrity Monitoring
Service
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Provides vital integrity information
for life-critical applications

14. From a System…
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15. …to a Service
Galileo Service Centre,
Madrid
European GNSS Agency
(GSA),
Prague
Early Services
Task Force
Galileo
Security
Monitoring
Centre
Galileo System Infrastructure
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16. “Loyola de Palacio” GNSS Service Centre
Come and visit us at: www.gsc-europa.eu
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17. Galileo Deployed Configuration
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18. Galileo Centers in Europe
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19. Galileo Stations for Early Services
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20. Early Services Validation Phase
Service Requirements
(OS, SAR, CS)
KPI Definition
Documents
(OS, PRS, SAR)
Service
Accreditation
Service
Preparation
Validation Plan
Completed
Service
Validation
Final
Review
Service
Declaration
Running
Service Provision
Service Declaration is an announcement to the target users
of the commitments in term of performance and availability
as specified in the Definition Documents
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21. Early Services: Building Up Readiness
Media
Publications
Legal
Security
Operations
Service Centres
Navigation Infrastructure
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22. Conclusion
Galileo is ready
and
eager to serve
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