First Galileo satellites will be launched today

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

9 points by jstepien 14 years ago | 1 comment

fbu 14 years ago |

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)#...

fbu 14 years ago |

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)#...