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SELEX Galileo on board ESA satellite Proba-2 that successfully lofted into orbit last night

Rome, Italy - Proba 1 has been launched in 2001

Proba-2 was launched last night from northern Russia. Proba-2 is a follow-on to the highly successful Proba-1 satellite launched in 2001. It will demonstrate 17 advanced satellite technologies, among which the SELEX Galileo newly developed star tracker. SELEX Galileo of Finmeccanica started early in 2002 to develop a groundbreaking Star Tracker based on an APS (CMOS) detector. This new technology...

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Rome, Italy, 11/02/2009 20:35
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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