Initial Launch of Operational Galileo Craft Pushed Well Into 2014

摘要

Further delays in ground testing of two satellites that will become the first fully operational craft in Europe's Galileo navigation constellation have pushed back their launch to around June 2014, industry officials said. The delay will compromise the goal of Galileo's owner, the 28-nation European Commission, to demonstrate initial Galileo positioning, navigation and timing services by late 2014.