GMV processes the first Galileo satellite signals

GMV has successfully managed to track and process both the data and pilot channels of the first Galileo satellite signals using its own inhouse receiver.

The first two Galileo satellites were launched from Kourou Spaceport in French Guiana on October 21 and are now in in-orbit test campaign. The first satellite started transmitting the system’s first navigation signals on 10 December using the PRN 11 code.

GMV has been developing GNSS systems for the last 25 years. Today it boasts a GNSS team of 120 highly specialized engineers, some with over 15 years’ experience in the GNSS field. GMV is playing a crucial role in the ongoing development of Europe’s GNSS strategy and is a key partner in the EGNOS and Galileo programs.

For some years now GMV has been developing its own inhouse GNSS receivers, including components like radio-frequency front-ends and navigation- and signal-processing software. It now has two products designed to meet different needs: SRX-10 with GPS/EGNOS capacity, optimized to work in land and urban environments; and NUSAR, an experimental multisystem GPS/Galileo receiver. Both receivers pool GMV’s long experience in many studies on receiver performance under diverse conditions and with different types of signals, including those transmitted by the GIOVE satellites, forerunners to Galileo.