23.12.2020

Spaceopal and the GSA signed a contract for the development of an innovative algorithm and user terminal for the Galileo High Accuracy service

The GSA (the future EUSPA, the European Union Agency for the Space Programme) and Spaceopal have signed a contract for the development of the reference algorithm for the users of the Galileo High Accuracy service (HAS) and for a full-fledged user terminal.

This contract is a substantial milestone in Spaceopal’s path to innovation excellence and confirms our commitment to support the GNSS services of the future

Spaceopal will develop the solution with the support of its shareholders DLR-GfR and Telespazio and partners such as ANavS GmbH, the DLR IKN, IABG mbH and Iguassu Software Systems.

Spaceopal, an equal-share joint venture between Telespazio, a Leonardo (67%) and Thales (33%) company, and DLR Gesellschaft für Raumfahrtanwendungen (GFR) mbH, has been awarded an European GNSS Agency (GSA) contract for the design and development of a reference algorithm for the users of the Galileo High Accuracy service (HAS) and for a full-fledged user terminal.

The project, awarded within the “Galileo Reference High Accuracy Service User Algorithm and User Terminal” Call, will develop the reference algorithm for the Galileo High Accuracy service which will be made publicly available and will be used for its validation. The User Terminals at a high technology readiness level provided to GSA , will serve as a blue print and further facilitate the adoption of the European GNSS.

Spaceopal will develop the solution with partner such as ANavS GmbH, the DLR IKN, IABG mbH and Iguassu Software Systems, in the next twelve months, followed by a period of 6 month providing engineering support to the GSA for testing activities, training and demonstrating the performance of Galileo HAS.

Leveraging on the experience of the NAVCAST precise positioning services, on the commitment of Spaceopal’s shareholders and on the unmatched skills of its industrial partners, Spaceopal will build a close-to-market solution for the validation of the Galileo HAS service.

“This contract is a substantial milestone in Spaceopal’s path to innovation excellence and confirms our commitment to support the GNSS services of the future. We are delighted to be trusted by the European GNSS Agency to develop this service further facilitating the adoption of the European GNSS, that will provide an unmatched accuracy for the HAS users”, said Sebastian Fedeli, Spaceopal’s Sales & Procurement Director.