Galileo Space ReceivER (GASPER) for Horizon 2020 In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV)

The consortium lead by Elecnor Deimos with MWSE, ALTER Technology, Anywaves and the Università degli Studi di Padovahas been awarded the Galileo Space ReceivER (GASPER) for Horizon 2020 In-Orbit Demonstration and Validation (IOD/IOV) 🚀.

The Consortium will develop a low cost NewSpace Galileo enabled receiver on the IOD/IOV carrier in order to fulfill the following objectives:

– to validate the performance requirements for the Galileo 2nd generation space service;

– to demonstrate techniques for real-time on-board precise orbit determination in space (such as Precise real-time On-board Orbit Determination, P2OD).

The objective is to perform a demonstration of such techniques using a GNSS receiver, exploiting Galileo signals and services and in particular the Galileo High Accuracy Service in the E6 band. The demonstration is intended to be limited to the P2OD techniques and would not involve the avionics of the platform.