The two European satellite navigation system Galileo on Friday launched a Soyuz rocket with an abnormality in orbit yet undetermined implications for his mission, announced the European Space Agency (ESA).
This is the first two operational satellites for navigation system Galileo, Europe’s commitment to compete with the American GPS and Russian Glonass which begins its final deployment phase after four devices placed in orbit test .
Arianespace, responsible for the launch and in-orbit satellites, acknowledged in a statement early this morning that the “additional comments collected after separation” Soyuz “bring out a difference between the orbit achieved and the planned “for Galileo FOC M1.
The European consortium rocket had indicated hours before 3 hours and 47 minutes after liftoff the shuttle base in Kourou (French Guyana) to 12.27 GMT (14.27 CET Spanish) satellite had entered its orbit and everything had gone according to schedule.
The ESA, in another statement, he explained that in view of the anomaly observed last night, teams of industrial and agencies involved “are investigating the potential implications for the mission.”
insisted that both satellites are safely controlled by its headquarters in Darmstadt, in Germany, and there will be information about his condition “after preliminary analysis of the situation.”
With a weight of 714.3 and 715.3 kilos respectively, are the first two operational Galileo satellites device that is in addition to four experimental orbited in 2011 and 2012 .
The final constellation of the European satellite navigation system that comprise 24, according to the ESA program would have to be ready in 2017 and which will add six parts.
The European Commission (EC) has invested EUR 13,000 million in the Galileo program (devised in 1998 but has since been delayed and on-costs), although part of that budget rests with the predecessor Egnoss, which entered service in 2009 and improves the accuracy of GPS.
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