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Galileo: one month to Galileo's next launch

Paris, France - Two more satellites will join the programme

As already declared at the "ILA Berlin Air Show 2012" yesterday, the European Space Agency (ESA) is ready for the launch of the second pair of Galileo navigation satellites. The launch is scheduled on October 10, while both satellites are finishing the last operations before the flight from the Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazahkstan. This launch is a significant milestone for the Galileo programme, because...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1145350
Rome, Italy, 09/11/2012 12:16
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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