ESA... GIOVE-B Going Soon (Satellite)

ESA’s GIOVE-B experimental navigation satellite is gradually raising its orbit as it prepares for well-earned retirement at the end of its four-year mission paving the way for Europe’s Galileo constellation. Last Tuesday, an initial thruster firing raised GIOVE-B’s orbit by about 30km. This will be followed by others in the next three weeks so that by mid-August the satellite will be in a graveyard orbit some 600km above its original 23,222km orbit. More

(Source: SatNews Publishers - Jul 31)