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ASI: Galileo programme's new launch date planned for two satellites

Brussels, Belgium - The sat-constellation will allow testing of new European GPS system

Brussels has revealed the launch date of the second pair of satellites of the Galileo space programme, which are scheduled to be placed in orbit on September 28 2012 from Kourou, French Guyana, on board the Soyuz launcher. Antonio Tajani, European Commission deputy president and Jean Yves Gall, Arianespace CEO, officialized the news. These two new satellites will join another two spacecraft which...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1140357
Rome, Italy, 05/08/2012 20:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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