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First Signal Received from GIOVE-A
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konquest writes "GIOVE-A, the first satellite in the Galileo system has successfully communicated with Earth, after its launch on December 28th." Our previous story on the launch. Slashdot also covers the story and provide a link to the BBC News.
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