Photos: Sending Galileo into orbit

Getting a new satellite off the ground

By Steve Ranger, 27 July 2006 09:00

As part of the early stages of the Galileo project, an experimental satellite will be launched to test the orbits used and some of the critical technologies, such as the atomic clocks.

Photo credit: ESA

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