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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11138
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) space

Successful launch for fifth and sixth Galileo satellites

Brussels, 22/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - The launch of two Galileo satellites, Doresa and Milena, went off without a hitch on Friday 22 August, having been postponed by one day due to unfavourable weather conditions.

At 14: 27 CEST on 22 August, the climate was more conducive for the launch above the Kourou station in French Guiana, using Soyuz launchers. The two satellites are now in orbit alongside four others, already forming the beginnings of the constellation of the European...