First Test Results of the German Galileo Test and Development Environment - GATE

G. Heinrichs, E. Loehnert, E. Wittmann

Abstract:	Currently the Galileo Test and Development Environment GATE is being built up in southern Germany by a consortium of several German companies and institutes on behalf of the German Aerospace Center (DLR) with funding by the German Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. GATE is a local ground-based “miniature navigation system” which will provide real Galileo signals already several years before the full operability of the Galileo system in space. Thus, GATE is an important intermediate step for Galileo on its way from the laboratory to the orbit in terms of realistic (RF) signal transmission. GATE is currently close to the finalization of the manufacturing phase leading to the system assembly and integration phase which will start mid of September 2006. The paper will present the current project status and shows test results from the segment acceptance tests of the recurring units of the various GATE elements including the central processing facility and signal generators as well as the monitor receivers and user terminals. Furthermore the paper will point out the way forward to the upcoming system testing and experimental operational phases of GATE.
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:	1576 - 1582
Cite this article:	Heinrichs, G., Loehnert, E., Wittmann, E., "First Test Results of the German Galileo Test and Development Environment - GATE," 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. 1576-1582.
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