By SPA,
Moscow : Space officials say a Russian rocket has successfully shot an experimental satellite for the EU’s planned navigation system into orbit, the Associated Press reported.
Officials say the Giove-B satellite was fired into space from the Baikonur facility in Kazakhstan atop a Soyuz rocket.
The Russian and European space agencies say the launch early Sunday was successful.
The Giove-B is the second satellite in the EU’s delayed Galileo system. The Galileo is meant to rival the American GPS system. It is scheduled to be operational by 2013.
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