Four Galileo satellites being readied for launch

Engineers at the European Space Agency opened an early Christmas present — a new satellite for the Galileo navigation program. The satellite, manufactured in Germany, will now be tested in at the ESTEC technical center in the Netherlands, according to the ESA website. A launch schedule for this satellite, Flight Model 06, or FM06, and three others already in waiting has not yet been determined. Once ESTEC certifies the satellites, they are ready to be flown to Kourou, French Guiana, where the ESA has a launch site. More

(Source: Prague Post - Dec 23)