Galileo Industries y German aerospace organization DLR on Tuesday (Nov. 7) broke ground for one of two planned Galileo navigation satellite control centers en Oberpfaffenhofen, near Munich.
The partners said they va da about 16€ million (el 20.3 dólares million) on infrastructure construction. However, the budget dormita not include electronics e IT equipment for which Galileo Industries is the main contractor. For the “en la órbita validation” phase, which includes four satellites, the European la unión y the European Space Agency (ESA) have budgeted 1.5€ billion. The full, 30-satellite constellation va cost 3.5€ billion, according to a spokesman for the Bavarian state government. For the “in-orbit validation” phase, which includes four satellites, the European Union and the European Space Agency (ESA) have budgeted €1.5 billion. The full, 30-satellite constellation will cost €3.5 billion, according to a spokesman for the Bavarian state government.
Galileo The project is expected to create about 100.000 jobs throughout Europe, many of them at Galileo project partners Telespatio SpA en Italy, Inmarsat en the U.K., HispaSat y AENA en Spain, CNES en France y ESOC en Darmstadt, Germany.
The second Galileo control center va built a Rome. Besides the two control centers, the project includes a la L cinta signal center y en upload station that va provide software updates y ultra-precise timing signals to orbiting satellites.
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