ESA's most advanced navigation satellite launched tonight
Wednesday, April 30, 2008 - 13:50
in Astronomy & Space
ESA PR 25-2008 A further step towards the deployment of Europe's Galileo global navigation satellite system was taken tonight, with the successful launch of ESA's second Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE-B) satellite, carrying the most accurate atomic clock ever flown into space.