The German GALILEO Test and Development Environment
Currently the European satellite navigation system Galileo is under
development, with a planned operational availability from end of 2013.
Therefore the development of Galileo based applications
and products becomes more and more important. With GATE, a ground based, realistic test bed will be developed,
especially covering the needs of receiver manufacturers and application developers. GATE is funded by the German
Aerospace Center DLR.
GATE in operation
The experimental operation phase of GATE has been completed successfully. As from August 2008
it is possible for companies and research institutes to book GATE for various experiments.
It is planned to operate GATE at least until the full operational capability of GALILEO.
For further details please contact IFEN GmbH.
Under leadership of IFEN GmbH,
a consortium has been formed to develop and build the
GATE test bed. This consortium is composed of enterprises
(EADS Astrium GmbH, Kayser-Threde GmbH, VEGA IT GmbH,
VCS AG, Telematica e.K.) and research institutes (DLR-GSOC,
DLR-Institute for Communication and Navigation, Fraunhofer
Institute for Integrated Circuits and the Institute for
Geodesy and Navigation of the University FAF Munich).
The GATE test bed cornerstones are 6 ground transmitters,
emitting the Galileo signals towards the GATE test area.
Inside this test area, which is located in the region
of Berchtesgaden, test receivers can receive these signals
and perform positioning.
