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Galileo programme: postponed the lauch of the second satellite to March 2008

Frankfurt, Germany - For the delay of the Soyuz rocket launchs from Baikonur cosmodrome

The launch of the second test satellite for the Galileo Positioning System, the Giove-B satellite that Thales Alenia Space delivered on September 4th to ESA - European Space Agency (see AVIONEWS), envisioned to be a competitor to the NAVSTAR GPS positioning system, has been delayed to March 2008 from its originally-planned launch at the end of this year. A spokesman for the rocket specialist company...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1079673
Rome, Italy, 09/24/2007 14:00
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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