Number 1
GALILEO NEWSLETTER
Date January 2000
GENESIS is a project providing support to the European Commission in order to monitor and manage the overall GALILEO activities. One of the major
missions of the project is the communication and dissemination of information related to GALILEO.
In this number:
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
Galileo newsletter
information

Galileo programme
presentation
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Launch of the Galileo
definition phase
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
Galileo
contracts
notification
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GALA
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GALILEOSAT
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GEMINUS
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INTEG
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SAGA
GENESIS
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GUST
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SEARCH AND
RESCUE
Galileo Newsletter is a summary of the
main information related to Galileo. It is
disseminated regularly free of charge
through e-mails and will highlight in a 2
page form the main events, past or
future, driving the programme. Special
attention will be paid to European
Commission activities and projects.
GALILEO PROGRAMME
PRESENTATION
Support activities

GALILEO NEWSLETTER
INFORMATION

European application
industry group forms
to support Galileo

Public-Private
partnership for
Galileo
Galileo is an initiative of the European
Union (EU) and the European Space
Agency (ESA). It comprises the
development,
implementation
and
operation of a state-of-the-art global and
multi-modal navigation satellite system.
Galileo will not only give Europe
independence in the field of traffic
management
and
telematics
infrastructure but will bring vast
economic
benefits
for
European
equipment manufacturers and service
industries and create additional jobs.
Current projections envisage that the
Galileo system will consist of at least 21
satellites (in medium earth orbit at 24
000 km, possibly complemented by
geostationary
satellites
at
36 000 km) and the associated ground
infrastructure. The system will provide
navigation signals to the users worldwide with high performance, service
guarantees and liability regulations
depending on the service class chosen
by the individual user. Galileo will be
compatible and interoperable with the
planned
second-generation
global
positioning systems.
The cost of the overall project is
estimated at some 2.7 billion Euros. 80
million Euros, equally shared between
the European Commission (EC) and
ESA, has been allocated by the
European Ministers for the on-going
definition phase. Financial schemes for
the subsequent phases are being
worked and will be submitted to the EC
and ESA’s Councils. Under current
plans, Galileo will start operations in
2005 and achieve full operational
capability in 2008.
LAUNCH OF THE GALILEO
DEFINITION PHASE
In Paris, on 8th December 1999, the
European Space Agency (ESA) signed
the contract for the GalileoSat Study.
This is the ESA contribution the to the
definition phase of the Galileo satellite
navigation programme for the space and
the associated ground control segments,
which was agreed last May by the ESA
Council at ministerial level. In Brussels,
in the same week, the European
Commission gave its green light and
signed four major contracts with
industry. Together these contracts will
cover the definition phase of the Galileo
programme that was agreed in June by
the European Union Council of Ministers
of Transport.
GALILEO CONTRACTS
NOTIFICATION
The four contracts of the European
Commission with industry cover the
Galileo definition phase, together with
the GalileoSat contract of ESA, from
November 1999 to December 2000.
This newsletter is produced for information and does not represent any official position.
Important events
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
Official inauguration
of GENESIS Office in
Brussels on
February, 2000.

Future birth of the
GENESIS Web Site:
www.GENESISOffice.org
This Web Site
provides updated
information related to
the project and
workspaces allowing
in particular to read
and download
documents, to
access to specific
discussion fora and
calendar of meetings.

Galileo Programme
arrange an
information meeting
in relation to Call:
TRANS/A2/CFP.2/99
Call for proposals –
Requests for the
expression of
interests to
participate in the
establishment of a
Public Private
Partnership (PPP) in
the framework of the
Galileo Programme.
Centre Borchette,
Rue Froissart 7-9,
Brussels,
Friday 14 January
2000, 10:00-14:00
GALA
SAGA
The main EC contract, named GALA, for
the
GALileo
overall
Architecture
definition, is worth 27 million Euros and
will provide the mission specification, the
global
architecture
and
system
specifications for Galileo. It also covers
the interfacing with the other activities,
planned during the Galileo industrial
phase, to ensure that the architectural
design is fully co-ordinated and
coherent.
The
GALA
industrial
consortium led by ALCATEL SPACE
INDUSTRIES (France) is made up of
over 60 European companies.
SAGA (Standardisation Activities for
GAlileo) will set up the platform for
continuous standardisation activities up
to the operational phase of Galileo. By
establishing,
through
International
Bodies, a world-wide recognition and
interoperability between Galileo and
other systems like GPS or Glonass,
SAGA contributes standards for Galileo
to be adopted inside and outside
Europe. SAGA standards will help to
ensure
safety,
streamline
traffic
operations and reduce congestion and
environmental damage. The SAGA
consortium is led by SEXTANT
Avionique.
GALILEOSAT
The ESA GalileoSat definition study
contract, worth 20 million Euros,
comprises the definition of Galileo space
segment (the satellite constellation) and
of its ground systems.
The GalileoSat industrial consortium led
by Alenia Aerospazio involves more
than 50 European subcontractors.The
three other contracts of the EC address
complementary Galileo issues.
GEMINUS
The GEMINUS study will define the
essential features of the Galileo
Services in order to meet the
requirements
of
international
subscribers. The project will illustrate,
through case studies where necessary,
the regulatory and commercial operating
environments that will ensure Galileo’s
success. The GEMINUS consortium is
led by RACAL.
INTEG
Since 1995, considerable effort has
been dedicated to the EGNOS
programme allowing Europe to develop
expertise in the GNSS field and to build
an augmentation system to GPS and
GLONASS. The objective of the INTEG
study is to analyse a seamless transition
from EGNOS to Galileo from technical,
economical, operational and institutional
points of view. The INTEG consortium is
led by ALCATEL SPACE INDUSTRIES.
SUPPORT ACTIVITIES
Two other contracts have been signed
by the European Commission within the
frame of the Galileo Programme.
GENESIS
In the extremely complex and evolving
context of Galileo programme, the
objective of the GENESIS project is to
provide the EC with support by setting
up a structured network of institutional
partners and on-request experts. By this
means, the EC will be provided with
permanent overview and monitoring of
GNSS activities, and with permanent
guidance on Galileo key issues. The
project is co-ordinated by FDC, an
independent consultant company, in
partnership with the French, the
German, and Italian national space
agencies (respectively CNES, DLR, ASI)
and the United Kingdom’s Defence
Evaluation and Research Agency
(DERA). The GENESIS project officially
started on November 15, 1999 and will
last 4 years. It will support the EC
throughout the Definition Phase and will
also contribute to the foundations of the
Development Phase of Galileo.
This newsletter is produced for information and does not represent any official position.
GUST
SUBSCRIPTION TO
GALILEO NEWSLETTER
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Editor
Marie-Laure Mathieu
e-mail:
Marie-Laure.Mathieu
@fdc.fr
The objective of the GUST project is to
support the EC in the field of Galileo
terminals (receivers) during Galileo
development
phase.
Earlystandardization, receiver certification
and compatibility with GPS and
GLONASS are the three main issues
considered in this project. The GUST
consortium is composed of FDC,
Sextant Avionics and the newly formed
Organization of European GNSS
equipment and Service Industries
(OREGIN) as partners.
SEARCH AND RESCUE
A consortium lead by Sofréavia and
including Thomson-CSF DETEXIS and
the International Institute of Air and
Space Law is studying the possibility of
providing Search And Rescue (SAR)
services through the Galileo satellites,
and also to expand these services by
introducing a data link capability for
feeding back information to distress
beacons of a new generation, while
remaining upwardly compatible with the
one way emissions of current 406 MHz
beacons.
That project is named SAR/Galileo and
was started at the beginning of January
2000. It is to address all the technical,
institutional and operational issues that
need to be analysed before proposing to
supplement or replace the current (SARdedicated) COSPAS-SARSAT satellites
by
the
(multi-purpose)
Galileo
constellation.
The SAR/Galileo study is conducted in
close co-ordination with the GALA
project, and it is expected to deliver its
final conclusions by the end of 2000.
EUROPEAN APPLICATION
INDUSTRY GROUP FORMS
TO SUPPORT GALILEO
OREGIN was launched earlier this year
to provide public authorities with access
to technical and marketing expertise, to
support efforts for standardization and
verification for user equipment and
services, and to capitalize on business
opportunities. The group now boasts 45
member companies and organizations,
involved in space, ground control, and
research and development aspects of
Galileo. For further information about
OREGIN, contact Pascal Campagne,
FDC, e-mail pascal.campagne@fdc.fr.
PUBLIC-PRIVATE
PARTNERSHIP FOR
GALILEO
With the aim of establishing a publicprivate-partnership (PPP) for the Galileo
programme, the EC is inviting interested
organizations to submit preliminary
business concepts including:
 Description
of
the
proposed
consortium’s expertise and strategic
interest;
 Description of intended market and
strategic services strategy necessary
to ensure sufficient revenue streams,
service provision, market priorities
and infrastructure set-up;
 Assumptions
of
future
market
developments,
global
and
international
competition,
and
regulatory assumptions;
 Description of the level of expected
financial commitment and investment
sources;
 Preliminary risk analysis.
The Commission will develop the
framework conditions for the proposed
PPP at the beginning 2000.
Galileo
Programme
arrange
an
information meeting in relation to Call:
TRANS/A2/CFP.2/99 Call for proposals
– Requests for the expression of
interests
to
participate
in
the
establishment of a Public Private
Partnership (PPP) in the framework of
the Galileo Programme.
Centre Borchette,
Rue Froissart 7-9,
Brussels,
Friday 14 January 2000, 10:00-14:00
This newsletter is produced for information and does not represent any official position.