have been placed on the wrong orbit two satellites of the European Galileo navigation system launched on August 22 with a Soyuz from Kourou, French Guyana . This was announced by Arianespace, the company that manages the launches. The two satellites, the first of which should have been operational satellite navigation system Galileo, the American competitive Gps, they should be placed on a circular orbit at 23,522 kilometers away from Earth, on the other hand are on an elliptical orbit at 17 thousand km. According to the coordinator of the French interministerial program Galileo, Jean-Yves Le Gall, will be “complicated,” to put the correct orbit two satellites.
Galileo Satellites
That the two satellites were finished in an orbit different from that provided it was clear only after the launch. “It was a discrepancy between the projected orbit and that actually achieved,” writes Arianespace. We are analyzing the data of the launch, essential to reconstruct the causes of the error, the note continues, and this operation could be completed in one day. Are underway, adds Esa, surveys also by the space agencies and companies involved in the mission.
August 23, 2014 | 14:13
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