AVU-GSR is a pipeline designed to solve the problem of the Global Astrometric Sphere Reconstruction of the Gaia ESA mission whose goal is to replicate the AGIS baseline process. The pipeline produces an independent solution using a different astrometric model and different algorithms for the solution of this problem, thus providing an effective way to assess the reliability of the solution, as it is called by the absolute character of the satellite measurements. It recently passed its qualification phase with real data, successfully solving the sphere reconstruction problem at the sub-mas level with Cycle 2 data. We review the context, the current status of the pipeline, and the development needed to cope with the goal of contributing to the forthcoming Gaia Data Release four.
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