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ArianespaceLaunch SuccessfulCommunicationsSoyuz STB/Fregat · FOC FM10-FM11
Launched 2016-05-24 08:48:43 UTCSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Success
Reached Medium Earth Orbit
Worldwide
30th
orbital launch attempt in 2016
Arianespace
4th
launch this year
Soyuz Launch Complex
2nd
launch from this pad this year
Pad turnaround
28 d 11 h
since the pad's previous launch
The 9th and 10th Full Operational Capability satellites will be the 13th and 14th Galileo satellites launched, alongside the 8 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.
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.
Launches
328
Successful
313
95%
Upcoming
51
scheduled
Height
46.3m
Diameter
3m
To low Earth orbit
8,200kg
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