(ASCA) – Rome, August 25, 2014 – Following the failure,
Friday ‘last year, the correct positioning of the orbit
5:06 satellites of the Galileo constellation, the Commission
asked Arianespace and the European Space Agency
European (ESA) to provide all the details of the incident
occurred, while presenting a timeline and a plan
action to solve the problem.
According to preliminary information received by Arianespace, the
problem involving the upper stage of the launcher,
causing the failure to enter the orbit satellites
desired. Appointed a commission of inquiry officer, the
preliminary results of which should have already received ‘by the
first half ‘of September. For its part, ESA informed
the Commission that its control center in Darmstadt,
in Germany, maintains satellites under control, even if
are not placed in their orbital position provided. The
European Commission makes also known to be working
” In close cooperation with the European Space Agency
to maximize the chance ‘to use the two
Galileo satellites as part of the network ‘.’ To this end, and ‘
was established an internal task force to monitor the
situation: ESA and Arianespace have also been invited to
Brussels to present the first results of their
investigation to the European Commissioner for Industry and
Entrepreneurship Ferdinando Nelli Fierce, in the first
week of September. ” The European Commission will participate in ‘
investigation with ESA to understand the causes of the accident and
to verify the extent to which the two satellites could
be used for the Galileo program ‘,’ commented
Nelli Fierce, reiterating that it be ” convinced of the importance
strategic Galileo ” and ” confident that the deployment
constellation of satellites will continue ‘as
expected ”.
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