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First Member Of Galileo Satellite Family To Be Launched 26 December

Artist's impression of GIOVE-A in orbit. Credits: ESA.

 Baikonur, Kazakhstan (SPX) Dec 14, 2005
 Galileo, Europe's global navigation satellite system, will start becoming concrete reality the day after Christmas with the launch of Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element GIOVE-A on top of a Soyuz-Fregat rocket from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.

The complete constellation of 30 satellites, specifically designed for civil use, will eventually offer European citizens and institutional users state-of-the-art global positioning and timing services with outstanding accuracy, availability, integrity and a guaranteed signal. Galileo is a joint initiative being taken by the European Commission and ESA.

The Soyuz rocket, operated by Starsem, the Euro-Russian company in charge of its marketing, is scheduled to lift off at 06:19 CET. The satellite will be released from the Fregat upper stage at 10:01 following a long ballistic cruise to reach its operational orbit.

Only at 13:51 will ground controllers in Guildford (UK) at Surrey Satellite Technology ¿ the company in charge of building and operating GIOVE-A - have completed their job and placed the satellite in its operational Medium Earth Orbit slot at an altitude of 23,222 km.

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China And Europe Push Forward Galileo Cooperation
 Beijing (XNA) Dec 14, 2005
 China's booming economy has brought increasing market opportunities to Europe, and European leaders have come to realize technological cooperation with China is reciprocal.





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