Two experimental satellites are being developed for the Galileo System Test Bed – Version 2, which will make up the first phase of in the 'in-orbit validation' of the Galileo system.
Both spacecraft are now approximately six months away from launch.
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The launch of a satellite of the European global positioning system Galileo from the Baikonur cosmodrome has been put off until the spring of 2007.
The launch of the GIOVE-B satellite has been postponed for technical reasons.
The satellite was originally to be launched in the spring of 2006,...