Galileo prototype GIOVE-A switched off after 16 years in orbit
November 30, 2021
News from the European Space Agency Europe’s first prototype satellite for Galileo, GIOVE-A, has been formally decommissioned after […]
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News from the European Space Agency Europe’s first prototype satellite for Galileo, GIOVE-A, has been formally decommissioned after […]
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?
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