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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11139

26 August 2014
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 23
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) space
Costly failure as satellites fail to reach intended orbit

Brussels, 25/08/2014 (Agence Europe) - Another tough blow to Galileo, the European project designed to replace the US GPS system. After their successful launch on Friday 20 August, the fifth and sixth satellites of the constellation failed three hours later to reach their intended orbit.

The European Commission has called on Arianespace and the European Space Agency to report back to it on the matter. The failure could cost the Community as much as €150 million.

On 22 August, Arianespace...