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Arianespace to launch the first 10 Galileo satellites

Noordwijk, Netherlands - From Kourou, French Guiana, starting in December 2012

Arianespace will be responsible of the launch of the first 10 satellites of the Galileo constellation. Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and René Oosterlinck, Director of the Galileo Program at the European Space Agency (ESA), signed the launch contract in Noordwijk, the Netherlands. The contract is managed by ESA on behalf of the European Union. These ten satellites will be placed...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1113973
Rome, Italy, 01/28/2010 12:13
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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