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SAR/Galileo Service Early Demonstration
Xavier Maufroid DG-TREN - Galileo Unit European
Commission
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SAR Service SAR/Galileo Service Early
Demonstration

• Objectives of the Project
• Position of Project wrt Cospas-Sarsat
• Project Activities/ Requirements

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Objectives of the Project

• Support the integration of the Galileo Search and
  Rescue (SAR) service infrastructure into the
  COSPAS-SARSAT system in coherence with the MEOSAR
  initiative (MEOSAR Implementation Plan)
• Demonstrate Early SAR/Galileo services
• Forward Link Service
• Return Link Service

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SAR/Galileo Service Integration into the
Cospas-Sarsat System
Return Link Message in L1
SAR signal (406 MHz)
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Return Message
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Transponded SAR signal (1544 MHz)
Activated Emergency Beacon
Galileo Ground Segment
RLSP
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Return Link Message Request
Rescue Operation
Beacon location
Return Message Authorization
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MEO LUT
Beacon location
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Mission Control Centre(SAR MCC)
Cospas-Sarsat Domain
Rescue Coordination Centre(RCC)
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Objective 1 Integration of SAR/Galileo
Infrastructure into Cospas-Sarsat System

• Galileo FOC Programme will procure the
  SAR/Galileo infrastructure and operation
  services
• Operational MEOLUTs Procurement
• MEOLUTs hosting sites and operations Procurement
• Return Link Service Provider (RLSP) Procurement
• RLSP hosting site and operations Procurement
• SAR/Galileo infrastructure needs to be integrated
  within the Cospas-Sarsat system (e.g. MCC
  network) to ensure operational services
  (contribute to rescue operations)

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Objective 2 Early Service Demonstrations

• Incremental SAR/Galileo Return Link Demonstration
• Validation of operational interfaces between the
  C/S system, SAR/Galileo infrastructure (MEOLUTs,
  RLSP) and Rescue Coordination Centres (RCCs)
• SAR/Galileo End-to-End Demonstration
• Forward and Return Link Services
• SAR/Galileo Interoperability Demonstration
• MEOSAR space segment and ground segment
  interoperability

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Position of the Project within Cospas-Sarsat
MEOSAR Initiative

• Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Implementation Plan is
  articulated around a number of phases
• Proof of Concept and In Orbit Validation Phase
  (PoC/ IOV)
• Demonstration and Evaluation Phase (DE)
• Initial Operations Capability Phase (IOC)
• Full Operations Capability Phase (FOC)
• EU is present in Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR programme
  development
• Strong participation in MEOSAR Expert Working
  Groups
• Contribution to all phases of the MEOSAR
  Implementation Plan (currently PoC/IOV)

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Position of the Project within Cospas-Sarsat
MEOSAR Initiative

• The project shall support the DE Phase of the
  Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Implementation Plan
• Objectives of the DE Phase Validation of the
  technical and operational performances of the
  MEOSAR system
• Characterisation of the SAR/Galileo service
  (Forward and Return Link) contribution to the
  MEOSAR system
• Incremental validation with the continuous
  deployment of the SAR/Galileo infrastructure

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Project Main Activities

• Definition of demonstration scenarios/
  architecture taking into account the gradual
  deployment of the SAR/Galileo infrastructure
• Identification and involvement of main actors of
  the Cospas-Sarsat programme (MCCs, RCCs) in order
  to ensure that demonstrations are performed
  within the suitable operational environment
• Perform necessary modifications on MCCs
  interfaces in order to allow the integration of
  the SAR/Galileo infrastructure (for Return Link
  service)
• Perform test campaigns and service demonstrations

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Project Main Requirements

• Selection of SAR Partners in the project team
• Alignment with Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR
  implementation plan
• Alignment with SAR/Galileo infrastructure
  procurement in the Galileo FOC Programme

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Conclusions

• Search and Rescue (SAR) will be one of the first
  services offered by Galileo as this service can
  be offered as soon as a few numbers of Galileo
  satellites are deployed (4 IOV satellites
  deployed in 2010)
• Expectations are high for this project to become
  a first show case of the Galileo services