Article: EU SATNAV PROJECT : GIOVE-B IN ORBIT, GALILEO "ON ITS WAY".(European Union)(satellite navigation)

Giove-B is in orbit. The second test satellite for Galileo, the European satellite navigation programme, was launched successfully, on 27 April, from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. It reached orbit at 23,222 kilometres from earth. Just days after the European Parliament's vote approving the regulation on implementation of the system's deployment and operational phases, the event was welcomed by Transport Commissioner Jacques Barrot as "the best proof that Galileo is on its way".

With more than a year's delay due to technical problems, Giove-B takes over from Giove-A, the first test satellite launched in December 2005, which is reaching the end of its life cycle. ...

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