Galileo satellite engineering model testing

The Engineering Model of the Galileo In- Orbit Verification satellites has completed several phases of testing in cooperation with the ground segment and is now being prepared for electromagnetic compatibility testing. The second in a series of System Validation Tests (SVT-0B1) has been executed from the Galileo Launch and Early Orbit Phase Operations Control Centre at CNES in Toulouse, France. A number of important tests were performed on the platform subsystems, including Attitude and Orbit Control System mode transitions, power subsystem and transponder functional tests and onboard computer tests. The purpose of an SVT is to verify the ground infrastructure needed to operate the satellite during its mission, including the flight operations procedures. Following completion of the SVT-0B1 tests, the Engineering Model (EM) satellite has been placed in its final, closed-panel configuration and transferred to the electromagnetic test chamber at Thales Alenia’s facility in Rome. Here, the Integrated Satellite Test (IST) and electromagnetic compatibility (EMC) testing will be performed after a period of test development.

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