FRANKFURT - Europe launched four more Galileo satellites on Wednesday, taking the number in orbit to 26 and moving a step closer to having its own navigation system, just as the program has become the latest flashpoint in Brexit negotiations.
The satellites, which will be part of the European Union’s alternative to the U.S. Global Positioning System, or GPS, blasted off from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 5 rocket at 8:25 a.m. local time (13:25 GMT), according to the European Space Agency (ESA).
