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Russia Launches Second Satellite for Galileo Navigation System |
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PR - A Russian carrier rocket has delivered the second satellite for
Europe's Galileo navigation system into orbit, Russia's Space Agency
(Roscosmos) said on Sunday.
The experimental satellite,
Giove-B, was put into orbit by a Soyuz carrier rocket launched from the
Baikonur space center in Kazakhstan in the early hours on Sunday,
Roscosmos said.
"The foreign satellite separated from the
Russian Fregat acceleration unit at the designated time and the space
vehicle was transferred to the customer for control," Roscosmos said.
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