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Future Concepts for Galileo Search-and-Rescue Space and Ground Segment (Parallel b)

Thu, 11/21/2019 - 15:34
Start Date: 
2015
Programme: 
Discovery
End Date: 
2017
Programme Reference: 
15/708-b
Country: 
France
Contractor: 
Thales Alenia Space
Description: 

While the MEOSAR is moving to FOC with Galileo satellites that are equipped with SAR transparent payloads, ESA is already investigating its future Galileo-2 (G2G) system for new features. In this framework, one of the aims of the ESA study on Future Concepts for Galileo Search And Rescue was to define a preliminary design of a new SAR payload capable of processing both First Generation Beacon (FGB) and future Second Generation Beacon (SGB) signals. The purpose of the ESA study was also to analyse various communication architectures to transmit the signals back to the Earth, and to assess the overall system performance.

Application Domain: 
Navigation
Keywords: 
Galileo S&R
Communication
Galileo
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