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Launching the 'Space Clock', satellite navigation spacecraft Giove-B ("Giove": Italian for "Jupiter")
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Richard Peckham, an engineer at EADS Astrium, explains how the test satellite Giove-B will be launched into space for Europe's global navigation system.
GIOVE, or Galileo In-Orbit Validation Element, is the name for two satellites built for the European Space Agency (ESA) to test technology in orbit for the Galileo positioning system.
Giove is the Italian word for "Jupiter". The name was chosen as a tribute to Galileo Galilei, who discovered the first four natural satellites of Jupiter, and later discovered that they could be used as a universal clock to obtain the longitude of a point on the Earth's surface.
The GIOVE satellites are operated by the GIOVE Mission (GIOVE-M) segment in the frame of the risk mitigation for the In Orbit Validation (IOV) of the Galileo positioning system.
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Legendary Aviator and "The Father of Commercial Aviation". Video: Howard Hughes
"I want to be remembered for only one thing - my contribution to aviation." - Howard Hughes jr., so he is remembered. An amazing accomplishment by one person!
Bob McCaffery pays tribute to Howard Hughes Jr. by calling him, "THE FATHER OF COMMERCIAL AVIATION".
Video: Albert Einstein Quotes
Albert Einstein quotes, set to music by Mozart.
"As far as the laws of mathematics refer to reality, they are not certain; and as far as they are certain, they do not refer to reality." - Albert Einstein
Einstein Online