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First Galileo signals transmitted by GIOVE-A
 
12 January 2006

GIOVE-A in orbit (artist's impression)
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Artist's impression of GIOVE-A in orbit. The spacecraft antennas are directed towards the viewer.

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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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