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• Rachel Jewett
The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space contracts for two additional Galileo satellites apiece. The Airbus award brings its total number of Galileo second-generation satellites under contract to eight, adding capacity to the European navigation and timing constellation.
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The European Space Agency has awarded Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space contracts for two additional Galileo satellites apiece. The Airbus award brings its total number of Galileo second-generation satellites under contract to eight, adding capacity to the European navigation and timing constellation.
The European Space Agency has extended contracts with Airbus Defence and Space and Thales Alenia Space for four additional Galileo Second Generation satellites. Airbus’s separate award for two spacecraft brings its Galileo G2G order to eight; the new satellites are described as having stronger anti-jamming protection.
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