Galileo Space and Ground Segment Definition: System and Performance

Rafael Lucas, Jorg H. Hahn, Simon Dinwiddy, Manfred Lugert, Guliano Gatti and Javier Benedicto

Abstract:	Last year, the European Commission (EC) and the European Space Agency (ESA) started the Galileo Definition Phase. Galileo is planned to be a global satellite navigation system under civilian control, providing world-wide satellite navigation and timing services. In the context of the Galileo Definition Phase, the EC and ESA have launched a number of market research and system definition studies, as well as advance hardware and application developments. Galileo will provide world-wide Open and Controlled Access Services addressing the requirements of mass- market, professional, safety-of-life and security-related applications. The service accuracy will be within 5 meters range. This paper presents the main design features of the Galileo space segment and related ground segment which are being studied in the frame of the ESA’s GalileoSat Programme focusing in particular on system architecture and performance issues. The paper is being complemented with dedicated papers on space and ground segment activities being presented separately.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000) September 19 - 22, 2000 Salt Palace Convention Center Salt Lake City, UT
Pages:	1755 - 1760
Cite this article:	Lucas, Rafael, Hahn, Jorg H., Dinwiddy, Simon, Lugert, Manfred, Gatti, Guliano, Benedicto, Javier, "Galileo Space and Ground Segment Definition: System and Performance," Proceedings of the 13th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GPS 2000), Salt Lake City, UT, September 2000, pp. 1755-1760.
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