It was on 28 December 2005 when the fist Galileo satellite GIOVE-A (Galileo in-orbit validatión element – A, formerly known as GSTB-V2/A), was placed in orbit at an altitude of 23,260 kilometers by a Russian Soyuz rocket that lifted off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
Once a satellite is transmitting, ITU commands that transmissions cannot be interrupted for more than four months. For this reason, the GIOVE-B satellite is thought to provide a back-up system once launched to ensure that these crucial frequencies are secured.
Corrections (If this requires removal of executive powers after solidification and mutual publicly funded agreement(s) have been made and or appropriated then that’s it. Only congress and their constituants have any say on any changes to that program or mission. Not the executive branch. Set In Stone – Changes Made By Constituants aided by Congress – (Only) Rule. In other words “we the people” rule outer space decisions not DC suits.