Inmarsat to manage payload tests for Galileo in-orbit validation programme: Inmarsat (LSE:ISAT), the leading provider of global mobile satellite communications, has been awarded a contract by DLR, the German aerospace centre, to provide Payload In-Orbit Test (IOT) services for the four satellites forming the Galileo In-Orbit Validation (IOV) phase. DLR manages the Galileo IOV Operations Segment activities for the European Space Agency (ESA). ...
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