<- Hard dé e: 0.024413824081421 sec -> They have deviated path. Two satellites of the European navigation system Galileo, rival the American GPS, sent Friday by a Soyuz rocket from French Guiana, did not reach the planned orbit, said Saturday the company Arianespace. This error raises the specter of delayed commissioning of the European navigation system.
“Additional observations collected after the separation of the satellites Soyuz VS09 for Galileo FOC M1 show a gap between the orbit and reached that provided, “said a statement from Arianespace, adding that” investigations were in progress. “
“The satellites have been placed on a lower orbit than planned at the orbiting. The teams are studying the impact this could have on satellites, “says does one Arianespace.
” It will be difficult to restore the situation, “
The Interdepartmental Coordinator for France of the Galileo program, Jean-Yves Le Gall said Saturday it would be “difficult” to put in its proper orbit two Galileo satellites sent Friday on a bad path .
“We are trying to see if we can remedy the situation in the coming hours,” said Jean-Yves Le Gall, who is also president of the Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales (CNES), adding that “the teams were working together on what to do to try to bring satellites on track. “
Originally planned Thursday launch had to be postponed due to inclement weather.
The legendary Russian launcher, which was the ninth mission from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG), had left its launch pad Sinnamary near Kourou, Friday at 9:27 local time (2:27 p.m. time Paris), with a load of 1.6 tons at takeoff. After a mission to 3 hours and 48 minutes, the top floor had separated the two Galileo satellites Sat-Sat-5 and 6 in order to place them on a circular orbit at an altitude of 23.522 km.
Scheduled to be operational in the fall after their first tests in space, these two new Galileo satellites must be added to the four satellites already launched to validate the navigation system desired by the European Commission.
VIDEO. Off a Soyuz rocket carrying two Galileo satellites.
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