Earth Observation, Navigation

& Science

GIOVE B

GIOVE Workshop
ESTEC (NL), 13 October 2008

Prepared by: A. Woelker, R. Kieffer, G. Robertson, C. Pedersoli

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Content
1. Introduction
2. Giove B, Element of Galileo
3. Giove B Performances
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1. Payload
2. Platform
4. Giove B Steps to Space
1. Development
2. Integration and Tests
3. Launch Campaign (Baikonur)
5. Giove B In-Orbit Signal
6. Giove B Payload Features

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1. Giove B – a giant step towards Galileo

Giove B launch on 27 April 2008 (CEST)
with Soyuz/Fregat from Baikonur
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The Soyuz launch postponement gave the

opportunity to exchange the NSGU
equipped with latest technology used for
the Galileo constellation

Giove B is now flying the most advanced

and accurate satellite navigation
technology

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1. Giove B – a giant step towards Galileo

First signal transmitted on 7 May 2008

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Giove B In-orbit test review on 3 July 2008

Demonstrating maturity of critical

technologies applied in Galileo

Allowing to test the ground user interface

with a representative Galileo signal

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1. The Giove B Satellite Team

led by
Astrium Gmbh (G)
ƒ Satellite Prime Contractor
ƒ Avionics
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with major subcontracts to

ƒ Astrium Ltd. (UK)
ƒ Payload

ƒ Thales Alenia Space Italia SpA

ƒ Satellite AIT, TT&C, Harness

ƒ Thales Alenia Space France

ƒ EPS & Mechanical / Thermal subsystems

in cooperation with
ƒ ESA as customer
ƒ Telespazio for operations
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2. GIOVE B, Element of Galileo

ƒMission Goals
ƒ Frequency Filings
ƒ Transmit the navigation signals at all the frequencies
planned for the GALILEO satellites
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ƒ Secure the GALILEO frequency filings and provide

early feedbacks to the development of the GALILEO
Space Segment
ƒ Test the Galileo Technology in Space
ƒ Test in-orbit critical technologies such as atomic
clocks and digital technologies
ƒ Signal In-Space interface allows test ground user I/F
ƒ Galileo compatible signal, S-PHM first time in space
ƒ Measure the MEOP Environment
ƒ Fly in the MEO orbit of GALILEO constellation and
characterise the MEO orbit environment

ƒStep towards Galileo

ƒ MEO at 23,200km altitude, 56° inclination

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3. GIOVE B Performances

ƒPayload
ƒ Clocks
ƒ 1 Passive Hydrogen Maser (S-PHM): Drift
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stability over 8 hrs < 1.0 x 10-14

ƒ 2 Rubidium Clocks (RAFS): Drift stability over 8
hrs < 5.0 x 10-14
ƒ Clock Monitoring & Control Unit (CMCU)
ƒ Navigation Message
ƒ Navigation Signal Generator Unit (NSGU):
TMBOC, CBOC …
ƒ Frequency Generator & Up-converter Unit
(FGUU)
ƒ Output Signal
ƒ 6 SSPAs: E5 – 29.3 dBW, E6 – 29.3 dBW and
L1 – 28.6 dBW
ƒ Navigation Antenna: L-Band, Isoflux pattern
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3. GIOVE B Performances

ƒPlatform
ƒ Avionics
ƒ Integrated Control and Data Unit (ICDU)
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ƒ Earth Sensor (IRES), Sun Sensors (FSS): 2°

Yaw, 0.35° Roll & Pitch
ƒ 4 Reaction Wheels
ƒ 2 Torque Rods
ƒ 2 Gyros
ƒ Electrical Power System
ƒ 23 – 37 V Unregulated Bus voltage
ƒ Li-Ion battery
ƒ 2 Solar Array Wings with 4 Panels each,
Standard Silicon Cells: EOL Min. orbit average
925W @ 36V

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3. GIOVE B Performances

ƒPlatform
ƒ TT&C
ƒ 2 S-Band Transponders
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ƒ Laser Retro Reflector for optical ranging

ƒ Propulsion (Mono-propellant)
ƒ Tank Capacity 28kg (15kg hydrazine needed)
ƒ 8 Thrusters (2 x 4)
ƒ Structure / Thermal
ƒ Separate payload and platform modules
ƒ 0.955 m x 0.955 m x 2.4 m (Al Honeycomb)
ƒ Control of S-PHM and RAFS within ±1°C
(±0.2°C achieved)

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒDevelopment & Integration

ƒ Development
ƒ In an integrated system team (Astrium
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GmbH, Astrium Ltd, Thales Alenia Space

France Thales Alenia Space Italy) located in
Ottobrunn (Munich)
ƒ Integration
ƒ In Thales Alenia Space Rome facilities

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒDevelopment, Integration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign in Rome
ƒ Conducted EMC
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ƒ Integrated System Test#1

ƒ 3 Axis Vibration Campaign
ƒ Thermal Balance and Thermal Cycling (TVAC)
ƒ Mass Properties (Mass, CoG, MoI)
ƒ Launch Vehicle Fit Check and Shock Test
ƒ System Validation Tests#1 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ One axis Vibration & Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒIntegration and Tests

ƒ Test campaign at ESTEC (Noordwijk)
ƒ Acoustic Test Campaign
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ƒ Alignment Checks
ƒ Radiated EMC Tests
ƒ Launch Vehicle Compatibility (Umbilical Tests)
ƒ Solar Array Pyro Deployments Tests
ƒ Propulsion System Tests
ƒ Integrated System Test#2 and System
Validation Test#2 with Ground Station

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒTransfer to Launch Site

ƒ Launch site: Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Transport with an Antonov An-124
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ƒ Launcher: Soyuz (Starsem)

ƒ Upper stage: Fregate
ƒ 40 days launch campaign

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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4. GIOVE B Steps to Space

ƒLaunch Campaign
ƒ Campaign in Baikonur (Kazakhstan)
ƒ Functional Tests
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ƒ Fueling of Spacecraft
ƒ Integration onto the Launch Vehicle Adapter
ƒ Integration onto Fregat
ƒ Tilting and Encapsulation
ƒ Integration of Upper Composite onto the 3rd
Stage
ƒ Integration onto the 1st and 2nd Stage
ƒ Roll out to launch pad
ƒ Count Down

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5. GIOVE B In-Orbit Signal

ƒIn-Orbit Test
ƒ 26-04 22:16 Launch from Baikonur
ƒ 27-04 02:02 Separation from Fregat
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successful TM acquisition
02:22 Pyro firing
successful S/A deployment
ƒ 28-04 12:02 Transition to EAM
ƒ 01-05 08:23 S-PHM Ion Pump Switch ON
ƒ 05-05 20:04 P/L ON
23:35 S-PHM clock locked
ƒ 06-05 23:49 SSPA L1 Channel ON
23:50 SSPA E6 Channel ON

First GIOVE B signal received

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6. GIOVE-B Payload Features

ƒ Designed, integrated and tested by Astrium
Ltd in Portsmouth, UK
ƒ Small - but complex and innovative
ƒ “Generative” signal architecture
ƒ Navigation Signals are digitally generated on-board
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ƒ Navigation Message content (e.g. clock corrections) and

signal waveforms can be changed in orbit
ƒ Galileo representative L-band navigation
signals
ƒ E5a+E5b, E6 and E2L1E1 bands
ƒ Up to 2-channel simultaneous operation at full 50W
ƒ Master timing derived from atomic clocks
ƒ Additional Units for frequency up-conversion,
high power amplification and filtering
ƒ Patch array antenna provides shaped global
coverage
ƒ Payload also includes Space Radiation
Environment Monitor (SREM) package

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6. The Most Advanced Clocks Ever Orbited...

ƒ GIOVE-B Payload is fitted with 3 atomic
clocks
ƒ Critical technology for Galileo positioning
performance Æ IOV and FOC
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ƒ 2 x Rubidium atomic clocks

ƒ Accurate to <10ns per day
ƒ Manufactured by Spectratime and Astrium GmbH
ƒ 1 x Passive Hydrogen Maser
ƒ First Maser ever to orbit the Earth
ƒ Accurate to <1ns per day
ƒ Manufactured by Selex Galileo and Spectratime

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6. and the Latest Galileo Signals…

ƒ The Galileo system will share some frequency
allocations with the US GPS system
ƒ Compatibility needed to avoid interference
ƒ Inter-operability with GPS desired to enhance
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performance
ƒ Complex EU/US negotiations led to 2007 joint
adoption of MBOC (Multiplexed Binary Offset
Coding) modulation standard
ƒ GIOVE-B was first satellite to transmit MBOC
signals from space
ƒ Paves the way for future roll-out on Galileo and
GPS-III satellites

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6. Successful Payload In-orbit Commissioning…

ƒ
2.4
Payload-A commissioning completed 2.3
2.2

successfully on 5-7.05.08 2.1

TM Value [A]
2.0

ƒ “textbook” S-PHM switch-on 1.9

1.8

ƒ First ever in-orbit CBOC transmission at 00:04:56 1.7

UTC on 07 May 2008

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1.6
1.5

ƒ
1.4

Payload-B commissioning performed on 17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00

Time [hh:mm]
22:00 23:00 00:00

09.06.08 PST00003

ƒ 2 telemetry-related anomalies detected on RAFS-B, 45.0

no risk to Unit or Payload 40.0
35.0

ƒ
30.0
Each commissioning phase followed by 25.0

TM Value
20.0

comprehensive IOT campaign 15.0

10.0
5.0
0.0
-5.0
-10.0
17:00 18:00 19:00 20:00 21:00 22:00 23:00 00:00
Time [hh:mm]

PST00206 PST00207 PST00208 PST00209

PST00210 PST00211

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6. …led to Successful Payload In-Orbit Tests

ƒ
L1abc_CBOC{BOC(15,2.5)-c/BOC(1,1)-s/BOC(1,1)-s} Prime: Gain
IOT campaign coordinated between: Step 7

ƒ Fucino (I) 20.0

10.0

ƒ Redu (B)

EIRP (dBW / 10kHz RBW)

0.0

ƒ Chilbolton (UK)
-10.0

-20.0

ƒ
-30.0
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Various performances measured -40.0

ƒ EIRP (E5a/b CW, E2L1E1 CW, E6 CW)

-50.0

-60.0

ƒ Centre Frequency (1176, 1207, 1278, 1560 and -70.0

1530 1540 1550 1560 1570 1580 1590 1600 1610 1620

1591MHz) Frequency (MHz)

ƒ Modulated Spectrum (L1_Interplex, L1_TMBOC, AIT Ref TC24: 08 May 08 @ 07:30

L1_CBOC, E5_ALTBOC, E6_Interplex…)

ƒ IBUS and OBUS
ƒ Tests with Septentrio Receiver
ƒ Apparent Clock Stability
ƒ Performance of clocks
ƒ Stability of GIOVE-B S-PHM best in space
ƒ RAFS long-term performance measurement on-
going
ƒ In-orbit measurements consistent with
ground reference tests
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Long live Giove B !