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Galileo satellite payload testing

25 August 2005

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GSTB-V2/B payload module enters the vacuum chamber

GSTB-V2/B payload module mounted on the carriage of the vacuum chamber at Alenia Spazio, Rome

Credits: Galileo Industries

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An experimental Galileo satellite will be launched

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Early in the In-Orbit Validation phase, an experimental satellite will be launched to secure the Galileo frequency filings, to characterize the orbits to be used by the in-orbit validation satellites and to test some of the critical technologies, such as the atomic clocks.

Credits: ESA

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GSTB-V2/B payload module on vacuum chamber carriage

GSTB-V2/B payload module mounted on the carriage of the vacuum chamber at Alenia Spazio, Rome

Credits: Galileo Industries