First Galileo satellites will be launched today(europarl.europa.eu)

9 pointsby jstepien15 lat temu1 comments

europarl.europa.eu

First Galileo satellites will be launched today

http://www.europarl.europa.eu/en/pressroom/content/20111017IPR29434/html/Galileo-first-satellite-launch-on-Thursday

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fbu15 lat temu

Actually, two satellites have already been launched: GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B [1].

And now, things should go pretty quickly, we probalby are 2-3 years away from having a decent fleet flying. Although I can't find a source for it now that I need it...

[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galileo_(satellite_navigation)#...