Europe launches sat-nav tester

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Series Details 26.4.08
Publication Date 26/04/2008
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A demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo satellite navigation system has launched from Kazakhstan, 26 April 2008. The Giove-B satellite was taken into space atop a Soyuz rocket.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/7369460.stm
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European Space Agency: Galileo launch: GIOVE-B http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Galileo/GIOVE-B_launch
ESA: Press Release, 27.4.08: ESA's most advanced navigation satellite launched tonight http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/ESA_s_most_advanced_navigation_satellite_launched
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