Europe launches sat-nav tester

A demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo satellite navigation system has launched from Kazakhstan, 26 April 2008. The Giove-B satellite was taken into space atop a Soyuz rocket.

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European Space Agency: Galileo launch: GIOVE-B http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Galileo/GIOVE-B_launch

ESA: Press Release, 27.4.08: ESA's most advanced navigation satellite launched tonight http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/ESA_s_most_advanced_navigation_satellite_launched

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