The PICPOT project: GPS and GALILEO in High Dynamic Scenario

While commercial GPS receivers are able to track objects moving at low velocities (hundreds of kilometres per hour), military applications require special adjustments that allow the tracking system to localize objects moving at high velocities (few kilometres per second) called high dynamics applications. GALILEO, which represents the European initiative in the field of GNSS (Global Navigation Satellite Systems) is conceived as a civil system. Nonetheless, it is possible imagine that possible improper military applications may be devised project is being developed by Politecnico di Torino concerning the study of the characteristics of a GALILEO receiver, compatible with high dynamics (HD) scenarios and especially conceived for working in a space environment, its pros and cons with respect to the GPS signal in order to develop a cheap system of localization for micro, nano and pico satellites in LEO orbit