Status
Success
GIOVE-B
Launch Time
Sat Apr 26, 2008 22:16 UTC
Sat Apr 26, 2008 22:16 UTC
Flight ST-21.
Rocket
Mission Details
GIOVE-B
GIOVE-B (Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element), also known as GSTB-V2/B, is the second of two European Space Agency (ESA) experimental satellites designed to test the highly complex technologies that will be used by the Galileo positioning network. It was built under the prime contractorship of EADS Astrium, with support from Thales Alenia Space.
GIOVE-B has a mass of 500kg and houses two rubidium atomic clocks, which have a stability of 10ns/d. A third clock called PHM is also on board, with a stability of less than 1ns/d. A transmitter in L band will allow to test the localization signal.
Payloads: 1
Total Mass: 500.0 kg
Medium Earth Orbit
Location
Site 31/6, Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan
Stats
2008
20th orbital launch attempt
Soyuz FG
24th mission
2nd mission of 2008
24th successful mission