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GATE-GTF

©IFEN GmbH

Between 2002 and 2010 a German industry consortium under the leadership of IFEN GmbH (Poing near Munich) a ground based flexible German Galileo Test Environment (GATE) was developed in the south of Germany. In February 2011 the installation was finished. Since summer 2008 the test environment was usable for performing Galileo experiments.

The institute supports the service of GATE by the operation provision of the central time facility of GATE, the so-called GATE Time Facility (GTF).

Responsible for GATE operations:

IFEN GmbH (Poing/Munich)

Responsible for GTF operations:

DLR Institute of Communications und Navigation

Owner:

DLR Space Agency, Bonn Oberkassel

Funding by:

Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology
Registration number 50 NA 0802

Duration: -31.12.2013