Mission record

Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18)

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
Tue, 12 Dec 2017 18:36:07 GMT
Orbital launch #
#5699 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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