ESA launches first Celeste satellites to test complementary LEO navigation layer

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.

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