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ArianespaceMixed resultNavigationSoyuz STB/Fregat · FOC FM01-FM02
Launched 2014-08-22 12:27:11 UTCSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Satellites were placed into an incorrect orbit due to an anomaly with the Fregat upper stage. Both payloads recovered using their own propulsion.
From Launch Library 2 · updated
Partial failure
Target: Medium Earth Orbit
Soyuz STB Fregat lifted off with Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02), but the launch was only a partial success.
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These are the first two Full Operational Capability satellites of the Galileo constellation, 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.
Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.
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Upcoming
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Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
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