Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket efficiently launched two Celeste navigation satellites from New Zealand on March 28, 2026. The launch was the primary European low Earth orbit navigation demonstrator. The “Daughter of the Stars” mission put the satellites in a round Solar-synchronous orbit at an altitude of 510 km over the Earth. The pathfinder satellites carry experimental payloads to check new indicators within the L- and S-frequency bands. The Celeste satellites will take a look at the LEO layer of the European navigation system Galileo.
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