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GMV Tracks the First Galileo IOV Satellite

December 21, 2011

GMV, one of the world’s leading companies in satellite navigation systems, announced the tracking of both data and pilot channels of Galileo first satellite signal with its own line of GNSS receiver products. The first two Galileo satellites were launched from Kouru Spaceport in French Guiana on October 21st and are now in in-orbit test campaign. The Galileo PRN 11 started transmitting the first navigation signal last Saturday.


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E5 Aloft, Second Galileo Signal Transmitted

December 14, 2011

The Galileo PFM IOV satellite (GSAT0101) began transmitting E5 signals early on December 14. It had already started airing E1 signals on December 10.


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Galileo Broadcasting Satellite Identified

December 13, 2011

The transmitting Galileo satellite is PFM, the ProtoFlight Model (GSAT0101). The FM2 (Flight Model 2) satellite (GSAT0102) has not yet started transmitting navigation signals.


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JAVAD GNSS Tracks Galileo IOV Satellite

December 13, 2011

On December 12, JAVAD GNSS announced that it has tracked the Galileo in-orbit validation satellite, designated PRN-11. “An important point is that we tracked it with our units that are already in the market,” said Javad Ashjaee, CEO. “This is not a lab tests. Our customers can track it too.”


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Thales Avionics Tracks L1 Signal of First Galileo Satellite

December 12, 2011

Following the recent launch of two Galileo satellites, Thales Aviation of Valence, France, has successfully acquired and tracked the new L1 Open Service signal transmitted by one of them (PRN 11) with a new Galileo high-end receiver made by the company.


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Galileo IOV Satellites Reach Operating Orbits

November 28, 2011

An announcement from ESA on November 4 stated “Europe’s first two Galileo IOV satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads.” But, based on NORAD/JSpOC tracking of the satellites, it seems that the final orbits were achieved only a day or so ago.


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Galileo Satellites Handed over to Control Center in Germany

November 4, 2011

Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads, reports the European Space Agency (ESA). Marking the formal end of their LEOP Launch and Early Operations Phase, control of the satellites was passed on November 3 from the CNES French space agency center in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany.


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First Galileo Satellite Arrives in French Guiana for October Launch

September 9, 2011

The first Galileo navigation satellite has arrived in Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ready to begin preparations for launch on October 20 reports the European Space Agency. Packed within a protective, air-conditioned container, the satellite landed at Cayenne Rochambeau Airport aboard an Antonov aircraft at 06:45 local time on Wednesday after departing from Thales Alenia Space Italy’s Rome facility where it was built.


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