New G2 procurements
Europe's Galileo Second Generation satellites have already been procured, but now is the turn of the associated infrastructure necessary to make G2 work. These new seven procurements, with a combined financial envelope of up to approximately €750 million – if all options are exercised within the next five years – are being executed by ESA, acting on behalf of the European Union Agency for the Space Programme, EUSPA, and in the name of the European Union as represented by the European Commission.
These address key areas of the G2 Ground segment – the infrastructure on Earth needed to make the system work – as well as Test Beds, simulating the system operation in advance of it going to work:
- G2 Ground Control Segment (G2GCS)– used to ensure full control of the G2 satellites
- G2 In Orbit Validation Ground Mission Segment and Secured Facility (G2 GMS-GSF) – to ensure the provision of new and legacy capabilities to Galileo users.
- G2 In Orbit Validation Security Monitoring (G2 SEC MON)– to monitor the security of all elements of the Galileo system
- G2 System Test Bed (G2STB) – for monitoring of the Galileo constellation and the development and validation of all new G2 capabilities, excluding the secure high-accuracy PRS service
- G2 Public Regulated Test Bed (G2 PRSTB) – for the monitoring of the Galileo PRS and the development and validation of all new G2 PRS capabilities
- G2 Security Chain Test Bed (G2SC) – to ensure full compatibility between the security elements of the G2 system: space, ground, receivers
- G2 Filling Device (GS FD) – cryptographic element to enable the secure communication and initialisation between the different security elements of the G2 system.
The procurements also include ‘System Engineering and Technical Assistance Phase CDE’ contracts, gathering key European experts to provide system engineering assistance to ESA in its role as system prime.
