1. SAR/Galileo Service Early Demonstration
Xavier Maufroid
DG-TREN - Galileo Unit
European Commission

2. SAR Service: SAR/Galileo Service Early Demonstration
Objectives of the Project
Position of Project wrt Cospas-Sarsat
Project Activities/ Requirements

3. Objectives of the Project
Support the integration of the Galileo Search and Rescue (SAR) service infrastructure into the COSPAS-SARSAT system in coherence with the MEOSAR initiative (MEOSAR Implementation Plan)
Demonstrate Early SAR/Galileo services
Forward Link Service
Return Link Service

4. SAR/Galileo Service Integration into the Cospas-Sarsat System
Return Link Message in L1
SAR signal
(406 MHz) 9
Return Message 2 1 8
Transponded SAR signal
(1544 MHz)
Activated
Emergency Beacon
Galileo Ground Segment
RLSP 6
Return Link Message Request
Rescue Operation
Beacon location 5
Return Message Authorization 3 7
Beacon location
MEO LUT 4
Mission Control Centre (SAR MCC)
Rescue Coordination Centre (RCC)
“Cospas-Sarsat
Domain”

5. Objective #1: Integration of SAR/Galileo Infrastructure into Cospas-Sarsat System
Galileo FOC Programme will procure the SAR/Galileo infrastructure and operation services:
Operational MEOLUTs Procurement
MEOLUTs hosting sites and operations Procurement
Return Link Service Provider (RLSP) Procurement
RLSP hosting site and operations Procurement
SAR/Galileo infrastructure needs to be integrated within the Cospas-Sarsat system (e.g. MCC network) to ensure operational services (contribute to rescue operations)

6. Objective #2: Early Service Demonstrations
Incremental SAR/Galileo Return Link Demonstration
Validation of operational interfaces between the C/S system, SAR/Galileo infrastructure (MEOLUTs, RLSP) and Rescue Coordination Centres (RCCs)
SAR/Galileo End-to-End Demonstration
Forward and Return Link Services
SAR/Galileo Interoperability Demonstration
MEOSAR space segment and ground segment interoperability

7. Position of the Project within Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Initiative
Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Implementation Plan is articulated around a number of phases:
Proof of Concept and In Orbit Validation Phase (PoC/ IOV)
Demonstration and Evaluation Phase (D&E)
Initial Operations Capability Phase (IOC)
Full Operations Capability Phase (FOC)
EU is present in Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR programme development:
Strong participation in MEOSAR Expert Working Groups
Contribution to all phases of the MEOSAR Implementation Plan (currently PoC/IOV)

8. Position of the Project within Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Initiative
The project shall support the D&E Phase of the Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR Implementation Plan
Objectives of the D&E Phase: Validation of the technical and operational performances of the MEOSAR system
Characterisation of the SAR/Galileo service (Forward and Return Link) contribution to the MEOSAR system
Incremental validation with the continuous deployment of the SAR/Galileo infrastructure

9. Project Main Activities
Definition of demonstration scenarios/ architecture taking into account the gradual deployment of the SAR/Galileo infrastructure
Identification and involvement of main actors of the Cospas-Sarsat programme (MCCs, RCCs) in order to ensure that demonstrations are performed within the suitable operational environment
Perform necessary modifications on MCCs interfaces in order to allow the integration of the SAR/Galileo infrastructure (for Return Link service)
Perform test campaigns and service demonstrations

10. Project Main Requirements
Selection of SAR Partners in the project team
Alignment with Cospas-Sarsat MEOSAR implementation plan
Alignment with SAR/Galileo infrastructure procurement in the Galileo FOC Programme

11. Conclusions
Search and Rescue (SAR) will be one of the first services offered by Galileo as this service can be offered as soon as a few numbers of Galileo satellites are deployed (4 IOV satellites deployed in 2010)
Expectations are high for this project to become a first “show case” of the Galileo services