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First Galileo satellite on orbit to demonstrate key technologies
 
28 December 2005

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Artist's impression of GIOVE-A, the first of ESA’s In-Orbit Verification spacecraft for the Galileo global navigation satellite system, as it deploys its second solar array shortly after launch by a Russian Soyuz/Fregat vehicle, in December 2005.



Credits: ESA - P. Carril
 
 
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Soyuz on launch pad six, fueled and ready for lift off. Liquid oxygen is evaporating and being vented, causing the white clouds surrounding the base of the rocket.

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  First step for Galileo
 
Lift off of Soyuz carrying GIOVE-A
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The Soyuz carrying GIOVE-A climbs into the sky above Kazakhstan.

Credits: ESA
 
 
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