Mission record
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)
Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Navigation
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:27:11 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5401 ever
Failure
Satellites were placed into an incorrect orbit due to an anomaly with the Fregat upper stage. Both payloads recovered using their own propulsion.
Mission
These are the first two Full Operational Capability satellites of the Galileo constellation, 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 · 2