Spaceopal GmbH, a joint venture between DLR Gesellschaft für Raumfahrtanwendungen (GfR) mbH and Telespazio, is the prime contractor for operational services for Galileo, the European Union's global satellite navigation system. As the Galileo Service Operator (GSOp), Spaceopal manages and oversees key infrastructures and services to provide reliable and precise navigation services worldwide. They work in close partnership with the European Global Navigation Satellite Systems Agency (EUSPA) and operate the Galileo Control Centers in Germany and Italy, along with a network of ground stations. Spaceopal focuses on operations management, engineering, maintenance, and service provision within the GNSS sector.
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EUSPA teams at the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany are leading the Launch and Early Orbit Phase for the newly launched Galileo satellites together with the Galileo Service Operator SpaceOpal and its consortium.
Telespazio, part of the joint venture Spaceopal with German space agency DLR that manages Galileo Control Centres, projects a 10-day transfer from launch to the payloads’ final orbit at 23,222 km.
Spaceopal received an alert on 2021-02-21 from the EU Space Surveillance and Tracking (EUSST) consortium of a potential collision 10 days later.
Spaceopal spent the period between the 2021-02-21 alert and the emergency maneuver assessing collision risk and countermeasures while maintaining Galileo services.