Galileo GIOVE-B Satellite Has Launch Scheduled for April 28th

After completing a successful test campaign at ESTEC, ESA’s European Research and Technology Centre in The Netherlands, GIOVE-B has been transported to the launch site at Baikonur, in Kazakhstan.

From now until the completion of the early-orbit operations, the GIOVE-B launch website will be regularly updated with news and pictures from Baikonur, and Galileo background material.

The launch of GIOVE-B is scheduled for 27 April at 00:16:02 CEST (22:16 UTC 26 April, 04:16:02 local time on 27 April).

A website dedicated to news and images related to the upcoming launch of the second Galileo satellite, GIOVE-B, is now on line at www.esa.int/SPECIALS/GIOVE-B_launch/index.html

Source: ESA