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Last Updated on:
Friday, April 25, 2008
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Galileo Giove-B to launch April 27thEE Times reports that the Galileo satellite Giove-B will launch on April 27th. An article by John Walko says "Teams that have been developing and financing the Giove-B demonstrator and test satellite for Europe's fledgling satellite navigation project, Galileo, will have an anxious weekend as the bird is scheduled to be launched in the early hours of April 27th." "The Soyuz launch vehicle with the satellite on board has already taken up its final launch position at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan for putting Giove-B into its reserved path at 23,000 km. Developed and manufactured by Astrium, the satellite will carry Galileo's key technologies into space for the first time, and is a trailblazer for the overall system." "Separately, on the funding front, the European Union has ratified Wednesday (April 23) the Euros 3.4 billion public bailout of the project." "Astrium is prime contactor for the second trial satellite for what will be a 30-satellite constellation offering GPS services." "The first test platform, Giove-A, produced by Surrey Satellite Technology Limited (Guildford, England), has worked flawlessly in orbit for nearly three years, but the launch of Giove B has been postponed several times for technical reasons." Read the full article at EETimes Europe Potential Interference To Galileo From 23cm Band Operations
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