Trajectory & orbital insertion · playback
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Provider
Arianespace
Provider type
Commercial
Orbit
MEO
Mission type
Communications
Launch site
French Guiana
Date
Thu, 17 Dec 2015 11:51:56 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5525 ever
Mission
The 7th and 8th Full Operational Capability satellites will be the 11th and 12th Galileo satellites launched, alongside the 6 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