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Old 27th Apr 08, 04:43 AM
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Europe launches sat-nav tester
A demonstrator spacecraft for Europe's proposed Galileo satellite navigation system has launched from Kazakhstan.

The Giove-B satellite was taken into space atop a Soyuz rocket which left Earth at 2216 GMT, Saturday.
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*Source: BBC News (http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7369460.stm)*

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