Galileo will be Europe’s own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. By offering dual frequencies as standard, however, Galileo will deliver real-time positioning accuracy down to the metre range, which is unprecedented for a publicly available system. The fully deployed Galileo system consists of 30 satellites (27 operational + 3 active spares), positioned in three circular Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) planes at 23222 km altitude above the Earth.

Our part in this project are the solar array panels for the satellites. We work close together with Dutch Space, who are as system integrator responsible for the design and integration of arrays. We supply ultra lightweigh and stiff substrate panels, on which the solar cells are mounted. Over the past period, we have been preparing ourselves for this important project. A full qualification programme was succesfully carried out, and one flight model consisting of four solar panels has been made to demonstrate our capability for series production.

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