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First two Galileo IOV satellites |
EU–(ENEWSPF)–4 November 2011
Europe’s first two Galileo satellites have reached their final operating orbits, opening the way for activating and testing their navigation payloads.
Marking the formal end of their LEOP Launch and Early Operations Phase, control of the satellites was passed yesterday from the CNES French space agency centre in Toulouse to the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen in Germany.
Oberfaffenhofen, operated by the German Aerospace Center DLR,…
