Successful delivery of Galileo 2nd Generation Satellites Batch 1 Power Front End

What a busy and fruitful week. We have completed Galileo 2nd Generation Satellites - Batch 1 - Power EFM Front End SCOE (PEF) and shipped it to our customer Airbus Defence & Space.
PEF will be used to provide protected power (by means of representative LCL interfaces) to the Galileo ‘Electrical Functional Model’ (EFM) used for the functional satellite verification program. The PEF is made up of standard C-STS products in combination with COTS items and is controlled by the Central Check-out System (CCS).

About Galileo

Today, with 28 satellites in orbit, Galileo is the world’s most precise satellite navigation system, providing metre-level accuracy to more than four billion users around the globe. There are currently 10 further Galileo satellites due to be launched, after which the first of the Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites with enhanced capabilities are expected to begin joining the constellation later in the coming years.

According to eoportal.org "These Galileo Second Generation (G2) satellites will revolutionise the Galileo fleet, joining the 26 first generation Galileo FOC satellites in orbit today plus the 12 ‘Batch 3’ satellites currently in production and testing, with a first launch later this year. The new G2 satellites will be constructed in a short time scale with their first launch expected in less than four years, allowing them to commence operations in space as soon as possible. The G2 satellites will gradually join the existing constellation, but will be much larger than existing satellites. Using electric propulsion for the first time, and hosting an enhanced navigation antenna, their fully digital payloads are being designed to be easily reconfigured in orbit, enabling them to actively respond to the evolving needs of users with novel signals and services."