#galileo

#galileo

The Ariane 6 expendable rocket only came into service last year, following the Ariane 5 that last carried a Galileo satellite in 2018. Since then, the EU has been reliant on Russian until the invasion of Ukraine and US rockets. The Galileo program itself is also aglobal navigation satellite system aimed at making the EU less dependent on the US's Global Positioning System (GPS).

Saturn's rings were likely first seen by Galileo in 1610, who could only see a pair of blobs due to the quality of his telescope.