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First Galileo system satellites to be launched aboard by Soyuz
Paris, France - Russians will take care of putting them into orbit
The launch of one of the first two satellites of the new Galileo European global positioning system will occur by the end of 2005 from Baikonur, in Kazakhstan. It is what Arianspace has recently reported, underlining that the launch vehicle will be the Russian made Soyuz, manufactered by Starsem. It is not known yet when the second satellite launch will be performed but both will have purely experimental...
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AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency