GIOVE - solid foundation for Galileo
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The script is online as a PDF file under http://television.esa.int/photos/EbS54510.pdf
A WMV preview clip is online under :http://esatv-movies.e-vision.nl/videos/mphi/GIOVEB_DVuk_13-12-07_wmphigh.wmv
More backgroud information can be found on: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/Pr_51_2005_p_EN.html
GIOVE : solid foundation for Galileo
10:00:40:00 GIOVE A launch December 2005:
GIOVE A, the first Galileo satellite is launched from Kazakhstan. This satellite highlights the efforts of Europe to
set up its own satellite navigation system.
A few weeks later from its orbit 23000 kilometres high, GIOVE A broadcasted its first signals: Galileo is now a reality in space.
10:01:05:00 Nav Lab ESTEC
For two years now, these signals have been received all around the globe, in particular here at the Research and Technology centre of the European space agency in the Netherlands.
This laboratory is checking the units aboard Giove A that provide the signals and at the sam

GIOVE : solid foundation for Galileo
10:00:40:00 GIOVE A launch December 2005:
GIOVE A, the first Galileo satellite is launched from Kazakhstan. This satellite highlights the efforts of Europe to
set up its own satellite navigation system.
A few weeks later from its orbit 23000 kilometres high, GIOVE A broadcasted its first signals: Galileo is now a reality in space.
10:01:05:00 Nav Lab ESTEC
For two years now, these signals have been received all around the globe, in particular here at the Research and Technology centre of the European space agency in the Netherlands.
This laboratory is checking the units aboard Giove A that provide the signals and at the same time the receivers on the ground. The complete chain of the system is thus being tested, and the specialists have been able to confirm that the mission is a success.
This is an essential result for the next step in the programme with the next step: the launch of GIOVE B, the second experimental satellite.
10:01:44:00 ITW Javier Benedicto
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