Status of GSTB-V2/A Satellite Programme

Elizabeth Rooney, John Paffett, Martin Unwin and Antonio Garutti

Abstract:	The first satellites in the European Galileo navigation satellite system will comprise two demonstration satellites, GSTB-V2/A and V2/B, being built by SSTL and GaIn respectively. This paper will give an overview of SSTL’s GSTB-V2/A design, the programme status, and the progress towards the launch in Autumn 2005. According to current plans, both SSTL’s and GaIn’s GSTB-V2 satellites will be in orbit by early 2006 transmitting the first signals and demonstrating globally the presence of Europe’s new Galileo navigation satellite system.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2004) September 21 - 24, 2004 Long Beach Convention Center Long Beach, CA
Pages:	650 - 653
Cite this article:	Rooney, Elizabeth, Paffett, John, Unwin, Martin, Garutti, Antonio, "Status of GSTB-V2/A Satellite Programme," Proceedings of the 17th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2004), Long Beach, CA, September 2004, pp. 650-653.
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