> NavSAS Group Acquires, Tracks Second Galileo IOV Satellite
> http://www.gpsworld.com/GNSS%20Syste...atellite-12517
> January 17, 2012 By: Fabio Dovis
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> On January 17, the E1 signal of the Galileo Flight Model 2 satellite (FM2, also known as GSAT0102) was successfully acquired and tracked by the researchers of the Navigation, Signal Analysis and Simulation (NavSAS) group (Politecnico di Torino / Istituto Superiore Mario Boella) for the first time at 11:54:10 CET (10:54:10 UTC).
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> This signal has been received at the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella (ISMB) premises (located in Torino, Italy, latitude = 45°03'54.99" N, longitude = 7°39'32.29" E, height = 311.97 meters) with a non-directive GNSS antenna, a commercial narrowband E1 RF front-end, and the N-GENE receiver, a fully software receiver developed by the NavSAS researchers.
See:
http://www.gpsworld.com/GNSS%20Syste...atellite-12517