Mission record
Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)
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 Nov 2016 13:06:48 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5600 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