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Is Polar Arctic E-Navigation possible?

Senior Adviser Lars Giske Norwegian Spacecentre

lars.giske@spacecentre.noNNF eNavConf 2007

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Is Polar Arctic E-Navigation possible?

Geography

Infrastructure

Solutions

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The Arctic challenge

25 % of the worlds oil and gas reserves may be in the arctic Increased intercontinental flights over the polesIncreased ship trafficEnvironmental monitoring for global warmingScientific and research activitySearch and Rescue

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Geography

Remote

Global warming

Ice + ice flow

Cold and dark in winter

Infrastructure

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Geography

Source; NOAA/University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Global warming • Ice situation mid august 2007

Northern sea routes

Oil & Gas Exploration• Estimate of 25% reserves in the Arctic

Fisheries

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Infrastructure

What infrastructure where?

Radionavigation

GNSS• GPS fully operational

• GLONASS fully operational by 2009

• Galileo 2013

DGNSS and reference stations for integrity?

• EGNOS near future only ECAC area

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Infrastructure navigation

Northern Coverage?

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2013

Galileo status

Timescale

IOV until mid 2009

Deployment from 2010

FOC 2013

ESA deliver operational system including all 30 satellites

2012

OPERATIONS and MAINTENANCE

DEPLOYMENTDEVELOPMENT and VALIDATION

GALILEO Research and Development activities

2003

Concession process

2004

GALILEO Concessionaire

20062005 20112010200920082007

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Infrastructure communication

Satcom

GEO COVERAGE?

Commercialy driven

MEO/LEO

www.sealink.net

Indicative coverage in North

Theoretical limitGeo

5°elevation

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Vizada satellite coverage

10-5-0 grader elevation

NSS5CIS801CIS907KuIS704CIS1002C&Ku

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Infrastructure

Comms

Molniya HEO

Iridium however limited data capacity

Shore based terrestial limited coverage

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Infrastructure HMetoc

Hydrography• Limited ENC coverage

Ice special products• Slowly developing

Meteorological data

Ocenanographic data

Part of IHO work for marine information overlay data and services

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Is Polar Arctic E-Navigation possible?

Short term <2015• Some elements in place

Long term <2015• May be