ArianespaceAriane 5 ESAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Ariane 5 ES | Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.July 25, 2018Add to calendar
Launch Successful
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - Service Optique
Arianespace's 266th launch · 4th this year · humanity's 5,766th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Jul 25, 11:25 – Jul 25, 11:25 UTC
Flight preview
Galileo L10 (FOC FM19-FM22)
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.
Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
Booster
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- Ariane 5 launch on July 25, 2018 (VA244 Galileo) — CNES
- Galileo 23-26 – Liftoff — European Space Agency, ESA
- Flight VA244 | Ariane 5 Best of Liftoff | Arianespace — arianespace
- Galileo launch live by European Space Agency — Livestream
- Décollage du vol Ariane 244 depuis le CSG — Centre spatial guyanais
