(Space Fellowship) Ariane 5 to launch Galileo constellation

By , Posted 02/03/12

Link: http://spacefellowship.com/news/art27589/ariane-5-to-launch-galileo-constella...

Jean-Yves Le Gall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, and Didier Faivre, Director of the Galileo Program and Navigation-related Activities at the European Space Agency (ESA), today signed an agreement in London to launch satellites in Europe’s Galileo satellite positioning system by Ariane 5 launchers. This agreement provides for the possibility of using Ariane 5 launchers in 2014 and 2015 to complete the deployment of the Galileo constellation. Arianespace will have launched the 26 satellit [...]