“What a day! 17 November saw two major space events taking place on the same day: the launch of four Galileo satellites from Kourou and the liftoff of European astronaut Thomas Pesquet from Baikonur!” says ESA Director General Jan Woerner. See http://blogs.esa.int/janwoerner/2016/11/18/what-a-day/
17 November saw two major space events taking place on the one day: the launch of 4 Galileo satellites from Kourou and the lift-off of the European astronaut Thomas Pesquet from Baikonur. Galileo will need close to 30 satellites in its final configuration to carry out the tasks decided on from the o…