🛰28 April: the EU launched 2 new Galileo satellites!
Earlier this morning, the Galileo satellites were ejected from the launcher's upper stage & reached the Holding Point. They are currently managed by #EUSPA as part of the Launch & Early Orbit Phase (LEOP).
What happens now?
Over the following days, the EUSPA LEOP team will be manoeuvring the satellites from the dedicated #Galileo Control Center in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany until they are placed into their home orbit at 23 220 km.
Galileo LEOP operations will constitute one of the most cooperative activities between numerous European entities in the #EUSpace sector, including EUSPA, Spaceopal, @DLR , German Space Operations Center, Telespazio and ESA.
Galileo: financed by the EU, developed by ESA, services delivered by EUSPA. This is #EUSpace! 🧵2/2
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