Ariane 5 rocket launch tonight at 18:36 UK time from Kourou space centre in French Guiana will (with the right amount of luck) place four more satellites into orbit for the Galileo constellation.
After they have gone through their validation phase typically lasting about 2 months they will be brought into 'full operation' and the Galileo constellation will hit 22 satellites, not too far from 100% coverage with the full service number of satellites is 24. That is planned to be achieved by...
Galileo launch of four new birdies this evening
After they have gone through their validation phase typically lasting about 2 months they will be brought into 'full operation' and the Galileo constellation will hit 22 satellites, not too far from 100% coverage with the full service number of satellites is 24. That is planned to be achieved by...
Galileo launch of four new birdies this evening