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Article 3 Galileo programme phasing

United Kingdom

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The Galileo programme shall consist of the following phases:

  1. (a)

    a definition phase during which the structure of the system was designed and its elements determined, which ended in 2001;

  2. (b)

    a development and validation phase, scheduled to be completed by 31 December 2013, comprising the construction and launch of the first satellites, the establishment of the first ground-based infrastructure and all the work and operations necessary to validate the system in orbit;

  3. (c)

    a deployment phase to be completed by 31 December 2020, comprising:

    1. (i)

      the construction, establishment and protection of all space-based infrastructure, in particular of all the satellites necessary to achieve the specific objectives referred to in Article 2(4) and of the required spare satellites, and the related evolutive maintenance and operations;

    2. (ii)

      the construction, establishment and protection of all ground-based infrastructure, in particular of the infrastructure required to control the satellites and process the satellite radio-navigation data, and of service centres and other ground-based centres, and the related evolutive maintenance and operations;

    3. (iii)

      preparations for the exploitation phase, including preparatory activities relating to the provision of the services referred to in Article 2(4);

  4. (d)

    an exploitation phase comprising:

    1. (i)

      the management, maintenance, continuous improvement, evolution and protection of the space-based infrastructure, including replenishment and obsolescence management;

    2. (ii)

      the management, maintenance, continuous improvement, evolution and protection of the ground-based infrastructure, in particular of service centres and other ground-based centres, networks and sites, including replenishment and obsolescence management;

    3. (iii)

      the development of future generations of the system and the evolution of the services referred to in Article 2(4);

    4. (iv)

      certification and standardisation operations associated with the programme;

    5. (v)

      the provision and marketing of the services referred to in Article 2(4);

    6. (vi)

      cooperation with other GNSS; and

    7. (vii)

      all other activities needed to develop the system and ensure that the programme runs smoothly.

The exploitation phase shall begin progressively between 2014 and 2015 with the provision of the initial services for the open service, search and rescue service and public regulated service. Those initial services shall be gradually improved and the other functions specified in the specific objectives referred to in Article 2(4) shall be gradually implemented with the aim of reaching full operational capability by 31 December 2020.