{"id":178827,"date":"2023-12-21T23:24:05","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/galileo-second-generation-satellite-aces-first-hardware-tests"},"modified":"2023-12-21T23:24:05","modified_gmt":"2023-12-22T05:24:05","slug":"galileo-second-generation-satellite-aces-first-hardware-tests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/2023\/12\/galileo-second-generation-satellite-aces-first-hardware-tests","title":{"rendered":"Galileo Second Generation satellite aces first hardware tests"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"aligncenter blog-photo\" href=\"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog.images\/galileo-second-generation-satellite-aces-first-hardware-tests.jpg\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The new Galileo satellite model from Thales Alenia Space underwent mechanical and signal performance testing this summer at ESA\u2019s ESTEC Test Center. Structural models resisted launch-like noise and vibrations while an electrical model proved its ability to send Galileo signals\u2014a major milestone in the development of Galileo\u2019s Second Generation.<\/p>\n<p>Europe\u2019s Galileo is the world\u2019s most precise <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/satellite\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">satellite<\/a> navigation system, providing meter-level accuracy to more than 4 billion users worldwide. It currently comprises 28 satellites in orbit and 10 more are due to be launched, after which a new generation of satellites, the Galileo Second Generation or G2, will revolutionize the fleet with enhanced capabilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cG2 satellites will be much larger than those of the First Generation, use <a href=\"https:\/\/techxplore.com\/tags\/electric+propulsion\/\" rel=\"tag\" class=\"\">electric propulsion<\/a>, host a more powerful navigation antenna, carry more and even better atomic clocks on board and have fully digital payloads,\u201d explains ESA\u2019s Galileo Second Generation Project Manager Miguel Manteiga Bautista. \u201cThe modular architecture will offer a high degree of flexibility to accommodate more equipment and inter-satellite links will be enabled,\u201d he adds.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Galileo satellite model from Thales Alenia Space underwent mechanical and signal performance testing this summer at ESA\u2019s ESTEC Test Center. Structural models resisted launch-like noise and vibrations while an electrical model proved its ability to send Galileo signals\u2014a major milestone in the development of Galileo\u2019s Second Generation. Europe\u2019s Galileo is the world\u2019s most [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":427,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2028],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-178827","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-satellites"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178827","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/427"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=178827"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/178827\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=178827"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=178827"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lifeboat.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=178827"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}