Next Galileo satellite launch delayed
Posted: Tue, Sep 25, 2007, 1:46 PM ET (1746 GMT)
The launch of the next demonstration satellite for Europe's Galileo satellite system has been postponed until early next year. The GIOVE-B satellite was scheduled for launch late this year or early next year on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. However, that launch has been rescheduled for March 2008 because of scheduling problems with the Soyuz, according to a statement from an Arianespace official provided to the newspaper Financial Times Deutschland. The launch had already experienced a number of delays caused by technical problems with the spacecraft itself. A smaller Galileo demonstrator satellite, GIOVE-A, was successfully launched in late 2005 so that Europe could reserve the frequencies to be used by Galileo.
The launch of the next demonstration satellite for Europe's Galileo satellite system has been postponed until early next year. The GIOVE-B satellite was scheduled for launch late this year or early next year on a Soyuz rocket from Baikonur, Kazakhstan. However, that launch has been rescheduled for March 2008 because of scheduling problems with the Soyuz, according to a statement from an Arianespace official provided to the newspaper Financial Times Deutschland. The launch had already experienced a number of delays caused by technical problems with the spacecraft itself. A smaller Galileo demonstrator satellite, GIOVE-A, was successfully launched in late 2005 so that Europe could reserve the frequencies to be used by Galileo.
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