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December 1, 2001
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EC Issues Key Contract
for Galileo Business Plan
The European Commission (EC) has appointed United Kingdom- based PricewaterhouseCoopers to develop a business plan for the proposed Galileo satellite navigation system as a basis for attracting private sector involvement in the program.
Under the terms of the 3 million Euro study, the Pricewaterhouse-Coopers Project Finance and Privatisation team -- with input from Satel Conseil, Ovum, Denton Wilde Sapte, Willis Inspace, Deutsche Bank, and Nottingham Scientific Limited -- will advise the Commission on the commercial and public services to be provided by Galileo and the revenue flows that they could generate.
The report will come before the Transport Council of Ministers in December, which is considering a potential public/private partnership (PPP) structure for the next phase of the program.
Spanish Partners Join Galileo Industries
Galileo Sistemas y Servicios, S.L., a joint subsidiary of several Spanish aviation, aerospace, and navigation companies, has joined the Brussels-based Galileo Industries consortium. The Spanish firms Aeropuertos Espanoles y Navegacion Aerea (AENA), GMV, Hispasat, Indra Espacio, Sener Grupo de Ingenieria, Alcatel Espacio, and EADS-CASA joined in establishing Madrid-based Galileo Sistemas y Servicios in 2000. Now the subsidiary has been formally integrated into Galileo Industries, the joint venture of Alcatel Space Industries S.A. of France, Alenia Spazio SpA of Italy, Astrium GmbH of Germany and Astrium Ltd of the United Kingdom.
Formation Flying Symposium
The Centre National d'Etudes Spatiales (CNES), in collaboration with the European Space Agency and partner space agencies from Canada, Germany, Italy, Japan, Spain, the United Kingdom, and the United States, announces the first international symposium focused on Formation Flying: Missions and Technologies, to be held October 29-31, 2002, in Toulouse, France. Topics include description of planned or approved missions, new mission concepts, guidance, navigation, and control systems, technologies and design of distributed sensors, orbit design and control, simulation tools, and others.
Contact Agnes Letraublon, CNES, Delegation a la Communication et a l'Education, 18 avenue Edouard Belin, 31401 Toulouse, Cedex 4, France, 133 5 61 27 36 26, fax 133 5 61 28 29 39, e-mail , web site .
e-Safety in Lyon
Organised by ERTICO (Intelligent Transport Systems and Services -Europe) in cooperation with ITS France, this e-Safety conference and exhibition in Lyon, France, September 16-18, 2002, will address IT solutions for safety and security in transport. Presentation topics include intelligent speed adaptation (ISA), automated vehicle operation, European rail traffic management, emergency notification and personal security, and more.
Contact Odile Pignier, ERTICO, Avenue Louise 326, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium, telephone 132 2 400 07 00, fax 132 2 400 07 01, e-mail .
Surrey Space Receiver on ISS
Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd. (SSTL), based at the University of Surrey in Guildford, United Kingdom, will deliver an SGR-20 space GPS receiver to Spacehab, Inc. of Webster, Texas. The receiver will fly aboard Spacehab?s Enterprise Module on the International Space Station (ISS).
The SGR-20 is a 24-channel single frequency receiver with four antennas to determine vehicle attitude and enable better performance under obstructed conditions. It reportedly cold starts within four minutes, and provides 10-meter accuracy. SSTL has produced a family of space receivers for use on low Earth orbiting satellites.
Logica Chosen for EGNOS Integrity
Logica (London, UK) has received a e10 million contract from Alcatel Space to supply an integrity notification system for the European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS). The system will notify users of the system on the predicted accuracy of the positioning obtained via EGNOS as well as alert them to errors in GNSS satellite signals.
Global Simulation Now Spirent
Global Simulation Systems, Inc., has changed its name to Spirent Communications GSS, Inc. The Crawley, U.K.-based company provides GPS simulators and field instruments.
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Autumn 2002
Greek Cadastre
GIS and Photogrammetry in Chorus
Launching Galileo
Procuring the
Public/Private Partnership
Industry Dossier
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