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ESA Launches First Celeste Satellites to Test Complementary LEO Navigation Layer
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ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer
MILAN — The European Space Agency has launched the first two satellites of the Celeste in-orbit demonstration mission from New Zealand aboard a Rocket Lab Electron launcher on March 28. The two satellites were launched at 10:14 CET and separated from the launcher about an hour later into a quasi-polar low Earth orbit at 510 […] The post ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer appeared first on SpaceNews.
GMV’s Celeste IOD-1 satellite launches from New Zealand to test LEO navigation
The first demonstrator satellite in the European Space Agency’s Celeste programme has been successfully launched from New Zealand, marking the start of in-orbit testing of low Earth orbit positioning, navigation and timing technology. Celeste IOD-1, developed by Madrid-based GMV and Alén Space, lifted off from Rocket Lab’s Launch Complex 1 in Māhia, New Zealand, on March 28 at 10:14 CET. The satellite separated from the launcher approximately o…
The satellite Celeste IOD-1, developed by GMV and Alén Space in the framework of the European Space Agency's (ESA) Celeste In-Orbit Demonstrator (IOD) programme, was successfully launched on 28 March from the Rocket Lab launch complex in Māhia, New Zealand. Take-off marks the beginning of the initial phase of the mission's operations, at which the control centre will prepare the satellites for entry into orbit.
An Electron rocket took off from the Mahia complex in New Zealand on Saturday, March 28, taking two satellites from the European Space Agency to test new satellite navigation concepts and prepare for the future of Europe's space independence.
IOD-2 satellite launched by Thales Alenia Space for ESA Celeste mission
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