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First satellites: Galileo In Orbit Validation Element / GIOVE
 
 
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GSTB-V2/A structural model
The structural model of the first of two experimental Galileo satellites to be launched in 2005, undergoing tests at the European Space Agency’s European Space Research and Technology Centre (ESA-ESTEC) in The Netherlands.

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GSTB-V2/B satellite (artist impression)
GSTB-V2/B satellite (artist impression)

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