An Incremental System Approach to GALILEO In-Orbit Validation

M. Falcone and E. Breeuwer

Abstract:	ESA is responsible for the design and development of the Galileo system. Following the completion of the Galileo design, the system will be deployed in two consecutive phases: the In-Orbit Validation phase and the Full Deployment phase followed by the Operations phase. Within the In-Orbit Validation phase, ESA is also responsible to deploy the first part of the Galileo infrastructure. Following the successful completion of this phase additional satellites and ground segments will be deployed to achieve the Full Operation Capability configuration. In the ongoing IOV phase, an incremental design, development and validation approach is under implementation with the objective to mitigate as early as possible the risks for the Full Deployment phase The paper describes the incremental approach for the Galileo design, development and validation in more detail and discusses the approach and perimeter for the In-Orbit Validation phase. Furthermore it summarises the main results that have been achieved so far and provide a discussion on the impacts these result have on the full deployment phase.
Published in:	Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007) September 25 - 28, 2007 Fort Worth Convention Center Fort Worth, TX
Pages:	478 - 487
Cite this article:	Falcone, M., Breeuwer, E., "An Incremental System Approach to GALILEO In-Orbit Validation," Proceedings of the 20th International Technical Meeting of the Satellite Division of The Institute of Navigation (ION GNSS 2007), Fort Worth, TX, September 2007, pp. 478-487.
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