Ariane 5 rocket puts European GPS satellites into orbit
AFP
| 2017/12/13 | 301 words
| LE JOURNAL DE L'AVIATION | SPACE
An Ariane 5 rocket put four GPS satellites into orbit on Tuesday for Europe's Galileo navigation project, Arianespace said.The European space workhorse took off at 1836 GMT and deployed the satellites four hours after launch.The Galileo programme, when complete, will have 30 satellites in three orbital planes by 2020. If all goes according to plan the system will be able to pinpoint a location on Earth to within a metre -- compared to several metres for the United States' GPS and the Russian...(…)
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