flown missionSuccess
Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18)
ArianespaceAriane Launch Area 3 — Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
mission
- Name
- Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18)
- Type
- Communications
- Target orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.
schedule
- NET (no earlier than)
- Window opens
- Window closes
- Last updated
vehicle & provider
- Rocket
- Ariane 5 ES
- Family
- Ariane
- Variant
- ES
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Type
- Commercial
- Country
- FRA
webcasts
- Arianespace Vol VA240 / Galileo FOC-M7 / SAT 19-20-21-22
- Flight VA240 – Galileo FOC-M7 / SAT 19-20-21-22 | Ariane 5 Launch | Arianespace
- Décollage du Vol Ariane 240 depuis le Centre spatial guyanais
- Arianespace orbits four more Galileo satellites as Ariane 5 logs 82nd successful launch in a row
- Flight VA240 | Ariane 5 Best of Liftoff | Arianespace
launch site
- Pad
- Ariane Launch Area 3
- Location
- Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
- Country
- GUF
- Timezone
- America/Cayenne
- Coordinates
- 5.2390, -52.7680