Galileo taking flight: ten satellites now in orbit

Friday, September 11, 2015 - 01:50 in Astronomy & Space

Europe’s own satellite navigation system has come a step nearer to completion today, with Galileo 9 and 10 which lifted off together at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, atop a Soyuz launcher.

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