Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Tue, 24 May 2016 08:48:43 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5559 ever
Mission
The 9th and 10th Full Operational Capability satellites will be the 13th and 14th Galileo satellites launched, alongside the 8 FOC and 4 IOV spacecraft already in orbit. 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 · 2