Thursday, November 17, 2016

Another satellite of the European navigation system Galileo, are already in space – Polish Radio


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the Four satellites made the powerful Ariane 5, recently expanded to enable it to take more than only two, as it was still. Half an hour after the successful launch of the satellite was already at the height of 5 thousand. km Target altitude of 23 thousand km.

the European satellite navigation system Galileo will consist of 24 satellites systems and six copies, equally distributed on three orbit.

System should be an equivalent alternative to the American GPS system and Russian GLONASS, but unlike them, will be monitored through civil institutions.

according to the developers, sponsored by the European Commission the system must be accurate, reliable and stable. Critics draw attention to the fact that the project budget was 7 billion euros, is too much. Also indicate delays in construction. The system should be fully operational in four years.

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