k First Galileo navigation satellite launch This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product First Galileo navigation satellite launch. The payload on top of this rocket is GIOVA, the first of the European Galileo navigation satellites. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on a SoyuzFregat rocket, on 28 December 2005. On 12 January 2006, it began transmitting its signals from its orbit 23,000 kilometres above the Earth. Galileo is a civilian global positioning system GPS. A total of 30 satellites will be launched, and the full network is scheduled to operate from 2008. Galileo is intended to give Europe its own version of the US GPS system. Applications include car, train and aircraft guidance, rescue services, and road use taxation. Editorial Stock Photo - Afloimages
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First Galileo navigation satellite launch This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product First Galileo navigation satellite launch. The payload on top of this rocket is GIOV A, the first of the European Galileo navigation satellites. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on a Soyuz Fregat rocket, on 28 December 2005. On 12 January 2006, it began transmitting its signals from its orbit 23,000 kilometres above the Earth. Galileo is a civilian global positioning system GPS . A total of 30 satellites will be launched, and the full network is scheduled to operate from 2008. Galileo is intended to give Europe its own version of the US GPS system. Applications include car, train and aircraft guidance, rescue services, and road use taxation.
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First Galileo navigation satellite launch

This image may not be used to state or imply ESA endorsement of any company or product First Galileo navigation satellite launch. The payload on top of this rocket is GIOV-A, the first of the European Galileo navigation satellites. It was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, on a Soyuz-Fregat rocket, on 28 December 2005. On 12 January 2006, it began transmitting its signals from its orbit 23,000 kilometres above the Earth. Galileo is a civilian global positioning system (GPS). A total of 30 satellites will be launched, and the full network is scheduled to operate from 2008. Galileo is intended to give Europe its own version of the US GPS system. Applications include car, train and aircraft guidance, rescue services, and road use taxation.

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