GIOVE's track: satellite laser-ranging campaigns.(European Space Agency developing Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element A and B) From: GPS World | Date: November 1, 2006| Author: Falcone, Marco; Navarro-Reyes, Daniel; Hahn, Jorg; Otten, Michiel; Piriz, Ricardo; Pearlman, Mike | COPYRIGHT 2006 Questex Media Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

In preparation for the deployment of the Galileo system, the European Space Agency (ESA) began development in 2003 of two Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element (GIOVE) satellites: GIOVE-A and GIOVE-B. The objectives of the deployment of these two satellites are to:

* secure use of the frequencies allocated by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) for the Galileo system

* verify the most critical technologies of the operational Galileo system, such as ...

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