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24/04/2008
GIOVE-B, the second satellite of the Galileo navigation system, is set to be launched.
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GIOVE-B will be launched at 00.16 CET on
27 April from the Baikonur base
in Kazakhstan. It is the second experimental
satellite of the Galileo constellation,
the satellite navigation and localisation
programme of the European Space Agency and
the European Union.
The Launch and Early Operation Phase (LEOP)
and control of the satellite will be managed
by Telespazio’s Fucino Space Centre, where
one of the control centres of the Galileo
constellation and mission is under construction.
Some very important tests for the validation
of the technology to be used on the 30 Galileo
satellites will be carried out on board
GIOVE-B, which was assembled
in Italy and in the laboratories of Thales
Alenia Space. The most accurate atomic clock
ever used in space, made by SELEX GALILEO,
will also be tested; this will provide a
major contribution to the performance of
the entire system.
Finmeccanica, with the joint ventures Telespazio
and Thales Alenia Space
(which together are part of the Space Alliance
created in 2007 with Thales) and with SELEX
GALILEO, is playing a leading role in the
development of the Galileo programme, contributing
with its technological excellence and know-how
to the most important European space programme.
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