Mission record

Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)

Ariane 5 ES· Ariane Launch Area 3· Success
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Wed, 25 Jul 2018 11:25:01 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5766 ever

Mission

The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

Deployed payloads · 4
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