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Galileo Avionica: Italian technology reaching the margins of the universe

Rome, Italy - The attitude sensors of the industry will guide the NASA mission to Pluto

"Galileo Avionica takes part in the NASA mission to Pluto which is ready for launch at the Kennedy Space Center. The Company is part of the industrial team led by Johns Hopkins University/Applied Physics Laboratory (APL-USA) that has developed the New Horizons spacecraft. Galileo Avionica has supplied APL with star trackers for system guidance and the attitude control of the spacecraft. The attitude...

fra/pec - 134602
Rome, Italy, 01/19/2006 11:55
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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