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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...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 59574
Rome, Italy, 03/04/2004 14:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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