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It appears that one of Galileo's in-orbit validation (IOV) satellites may be in trouble.

GSAT0104 has been flagged as 'unavailable until further notice' since 28 May (see here). GPSWorld is reporting that observers have been unable to detect any signal from the satellite since May 27.

The ESA have made no official announcement about the issue but speculation is mounting that the issue may be serious and linked to a component used for signal timing.

This is the first serious issue to affect Galileo's fleet of satellites but these are still validation vehicles and they exist to test the hardware and identify faults before the full constellation of satellites is launched.

Source: GPSWorld.com

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Posted on Thursday, July 03 @ 07:53:04 UTC by Darren Griffin

 
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