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Objectives
ANTARES (AeroNauTicAl REsources Satellite based) is the phase B study designing a new Satellite Communication System for Air Traffic Management, within the Iris programme (element 10 of ARTES).
The Iris programme is the satellite-based solution for the Single European Sky ATM Research (SESAR) programme. By 2020 it will contribute to the modernisation of air traffic management by providing digital data links to cockpit crews in continental and oceanic airspace.
Within the Iris Programme, ANTARES is a study that focuses on the development of a new, purpose-built, satellite-based communication system including low-cost user terminals and an open satellite communication standard. The performance of the telecommunication protocols selected for the standard will be verified end-to-end by a Verification Test Bed.
The main objectives of the ANTARES study are:
• Specification, design, development and testing of a new Communication Standard for satellite-based Air Traffic Management communications up to the level required for international standardisation.
• Design and development of a test bed in order to validate the end-to- end performance of the new Communication Standard, on the basis of the SESAR requirements.
• Design of the overall Satellite Communication System and all its elements including Space, Ground and User Terminal Segments.
• Development of an airborne low-cost user terminal prototype.
Challenges
Aviation requirements are the main drivers for the system design. In particular, safety requirements and the need of low-cost and easy to install user terminals suitable for all aircrafts flying under Instrument Flight Rules
Plan
The ANTARES project is split in two phases:
• Phase B1, analyses requirements and provides options to SESAR and concludes by the System Requirement Review (SRR).
• Phase B2, devoted to System and Segments requirements consolidation and preliminary design (PDR), as well as to Communication Standard (CS) design and verification (CS AR).
The ANTARES project main milestones are the following:
• KOM (Kick-Off Meeting): held on 5th November 2009.
• SRR (System Requirement Review): held on 15th November 2010.
• System PDR (Preliminary Design Review): held on 5-8 November 2013.
• CS Acceptance Review (CS AR): held on November 2015.
Current Status
Phase B2 started on June 2012 with the objectives of:
• Completing the design and specification of the Communication Standard (CS).
• Refining the System Design and Segment Specifications.
• Developing and procure the Verification Test Bed (VTB) including a user terminal prototype.
• Verifying the Communication Standard by using the VTB.
The Design and Specification process of the ANTARES Communication Standard was completed in May 2013.
The System PDR was successfully held and completed end of (2013).
The ANTARES project was completed with the testcampaign of the Communication Standard with the Verification Testbed in November 2015.
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