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Expert Advice - Prepare for GIOVE-B Liftoff April 1, 2008 By: Jörg Hahn,Valter Alpe
A at the end of this month, on the 27th of April, Europe will add a new cornerstone to the Galileo programme and to global satellite navigation as a whole. GIOVE-B, the second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) satellite, will rise into a medium-Earth orbit aboard a Soyuz launcher from the...more >>
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Meet GIOVE-A May 1, 2007 By: Andrew Bradford,Elizabeth Rooney,Giuliano Gatti,Giuseppe Mandorlo,Maktar Malik,Martin Unwin,Philip Davies,Valter Alpe
Galileo satellites must operate in a harsh environment more than 20,000 kilometers above the Earth, through the intense Van Allen electron belt. Key team members describe the design, manufacture, launch, and commissioning of the demonstration satellite GIOVE-A.
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Meet GIOVE-A May 1, 2007 By: Andrew Bradford,Elizabeth Rooney,Giuliano Gatti,Giuseppe Mandorlo,Maktar Malik,Martin Unwin,Philip Davies,Valter Alpe
Galileo satellites must operate in a harsh environment more than 20,000 kilometers above the Earth, through the intense Van Allen electron belt. Key team members describe the design, manufacture, launch, and commissioning of the demonstration satellite GIOVE-A.
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