GIOVE-A In Orbit Testing Results

M. Falcone, M. Lugert, M. Malik, M. Crisci, E. Rooney, C. Jackson, M. Threteway

Abstract:	The Giove-A satellite was launched in late 2005 with the main mission objective to protect the Galileo frequency filings, the first of which expired in June 2006. Following a successful platform commissioning phase, payload operations began in early January and work began to commission the payload units and transmit the signals required to secure the frequency filings. The Giove-A satellite has three payload signal generator chains onboard to provide dual redundant operations. A description of the GIOVE-A payload is provided in this paper. The paper also contains the results of the payload testing during the commissioning, in-orbit test (IOT) phase and extended in-orbit test (E-IOT) phase of the Giove-A mission. Results include measurements taken with the 25m dish at the Chilbolton tracking station, data recovered from the Septentrio Galileo Experimental Test Receiver (GETR) and telemetry from the payload.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2006) September 26 - 29, 2006 Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX
Pages:	1535 - 1546
Cite this article:	Falcone, M., Lugert, M., Malik, M., Crisci, M., Rooney, E., Jackson, C., Threteway, M., "GIOVE-A In Orbit Testing Results," Proceedings of the 19th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2006), Fort Worth, TX, September 2006, pp. 1535-1546.
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