Two satellites of the Galileo project were launched into orbit yesterday, when it was afternoon in Europe, from the spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, using a Soyuz ST-B rocket with a Fregat upper stage. The two satellites are part of the system alternative to GPS made ​​by the European Union. It took nearly four hours before they separated from the Fregat stage and entered into orbit. Initially it seemed that everything went fine but after a few hours anomalies were detected in the satellites orbits with consequences yet to be assessed.