The European Space Agency has extended its existing contracts with Thales Alenia Space and Airbus Defence and Space to build four additional Galileo Second Generation satellites. The agreements were signed on October 23 in Rome and October 26 in Ottobrunn, Germany. The procurement brings the planned Galileo G2 fleet to 16 spacecraft, with delivery scheduled for 2031 and launches to follow.
The new satellites will be identical to those already under development and will carry fully digital navigation payloads, an improved navigation antenna, inter-satellite links and an advanced atomic-clock configuration. These upgrades are intended to make positioning, navigation and timing services more robust and reliable. The first G2 launch is planned for 2028, while the new spacecraft will join Galileo’s 38 first-generation satellites and support Europe’s long-term navigation capability and strategic autonomy.
https://www.esa.int/Applications/Satellite_navigation/Galileo/ESA_procures_four_new_Galileo_Second_Generation_satellites
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