Galileo will be Europe’s own global navigation satellite system, providing a highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning service under civilian control. It will be inter-operable with GPS and GLONASS, the two other global satellite navigation systems.
The fully deployed Galileo system consists of 30 satellites (27 operational + 3 active spares), positioned in three circular Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) planes in 23616 km altitude above the Earth, and at an inclination of the orbital planes of 56 degrees with reference to the equatorial plane. [ESA]
Monday, December 26, 2005
GALILEO - European Satellite Navigation System
The first experimental satellite, part of the so-called Galileo System Test Bed (GSTB) will be launched on 28 December, a second platform will follow in the New Year.
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