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Update: First Galileo FOC satellites in _wrong_ orbit

Submit on Saturday, August 23rd, 2014 22:59

The launch of the first two Galileo FOC satellites aboard a Soyuz has not been as successful as initially claimed in statements by Arianespace and ESA. In fact, the rocket’s Fregat upper stage failed to place the two spacecraft in their target orbits.

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