Satellites

Two New Moons Found Orbiting Jupiter

2 Feb 2012

Two tiny satellites add to the planet's swarm of "backward" moons and bring the full Jovian family up to 66 natural satellites.

EU signs orders for eight new Galileo space satellites

2 Feb 2012

The EU on Thursday signed contracts with German and French engineering firms to build and launch another eight satellites for its Galileo geopositioning system.

More Galileo satellites ordered

2 Feb 2012

The German-UK consortium building the operational spacecraft for Europe's Galileo sat-nav system wins a contract to provide an additional eight units.