4 Galileos a ‘go’ for Thursday launch
November 15, 2016
This week’s Arianespace flight with four European Galileo navigation system spacecraft has been approved for a morning liftoff […]
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This week’s Arianespace flight with four European Galileo navigation system spacecraft has been approved for a morning liftoff […]
A transatlantic flight delivered four Galileo satellites to French Guiana on Tuesday, in preparation for a shared launch this November by Ariane 5 — the first for Europe’s satnav constellation.
It was not a big wager as wagers go, but the underlying premise spoke volumes. It all began innocently enough in 2005 when the first test, or proof of concept, Galileo satellite known as GIOVE-A was launched. Who won the wager, and what can that tell us about GPS III?
Galileos 13 and 14 are scheduled to lift off at 08:48:43 GMT (05:48:43 local time, 10:48:43 CEST) on […]
Another pair of Galileo navigation satellites is scheduled for launch by a Soyuz rocket on May 24 from […]
Galileo satellites 11 and 12 lifted off together on Dec. 17 atop a Soyuz rocket, and successfully deployed in space four hours later. Once 9 and 10 (launched in September 2015) as well as 11 and 12 are set operational, a total of nine usable satellites will be in orbit.
I had the honour of the first question at today’s Galileo press conference hosted by the European Space […]
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