ESA Begins Second Galileo Satellite Orbit Correction Quoting the European Space Agencys Jean-Jacques Dordain, the Russian magazine Vestnik GLONASS (GLONASS Messenger) reports that ESA has started the operation to raise the orbit of the second Galileo satellite that was injected into a wrong orbit by the failure of the upper stage of the launch rocket back in August. Yesterday we started the operation to raise the orbit of the second unit. After a few weeks it will be in an operational orbit albeit somewhat lower in height than the one into which it was supposed to go, Dordain said at a news conference. According to him, after raising the orbit of the first satellite in November, the satellite has passed all the tests, its payload works well enough the magazine reported.
Posted on: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 08:59:52 +0000
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