Mission ends for Galileo’s pathfinder GIOVE-A
Submit on Tuesday, July 3rd, 2012 22:56
With the initial satellites of the Galileo constellation working well in orbit, it has been decided to end the mission of ESA’s pioneering GIOVE-A navigation satellite. The second pathfinder satellite, GIOVE-B, will be put into graveyard orbit in September.Other Posts:Meteosat-9 Becomes Prime Eutmesat SatelliteHughes wins U.S. Air Force satellite study contract50th launch of Ariane 5 successfulGlobalstar Unveils Smaller, Lighter HandsetsGoldberg to succeed Boisvert as Telesat president, CEOAstrium ships ATV “Edoardo Amaldi”Petra Mateos resigns as Chairwoman of HispasatTopcon awarded world’s first government GNSS technology contract
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