ArianespaceAriane 5 ESAriane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)
Launched
November 17, 2016
Image: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Video du CSG - Service Optique
Summary
Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) launched on an Arianespace Ariane 5 ES from Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana on November 17, 2016. It was Arianespace's 249th launch, 9th this year and humanity's 5,600th orbital launch attempt. It was the 6th Ariane 5 ES flight and the 1st this year. The payload was bound for Medium Earth Orbit (MEO). GalileoSat-15, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 22,890 × 22,904 km orbit inclined 54.6°. 5 objects from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them payloads.
- Vehicle
- Ariane 5 ES · ArianespaceGalileo
- Booster
- No booster details on record.
- Mission
- Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
- Milestone
- 6th Ariane 5 ES flight · 1st this yearArianespace's 249th launch9th this yearhumanity's 5,600th orbital launch attempt71st orbital launch attempt this year
Flight preview
Orbit: as tracked
GalileoSat-15 · NORAD 41859 · 2016-069 · Space-Track · tracking 1 of 5 objects
Show the numbers for orbit elements
- Object
- TBA - TO BE ASSIGNED
- Object ID
- 2016-069A
- Epoch
- 2016-11-17 19:38:58 UTC
- Mean motion
- 1.73382788 rev/day
- Eccentricity
- 0.0002447
- Inclination
- 54.6144°
- Ascending node
- 198.1957°
- Arg. of perigee
- 283.4976°
- Mean anomaly
- 4.0025°
- Element set
- 999
- Rev at epoch
- 0
- B*
- 0
Perigee, apogee and period are Kepler figures from the catalogued mean elements, not a propagated state. Published orbit: MEO. Ascent drawn from padside's representative profile.
Catalogued objects
5 catalogued: 4 payloads, 1 rocket stage; 5 still in orbit
- GalileoSat-15 · NORAD 41859 · in orbit
- GalileoSat-16 · NORAD 41860 · in orbit
- GalileoSat-17 · NORAD 41861 · in orbit
- GalileoSat-18 · NORAD 41862 · in orbit
Ariane 5 L594 EPS · in orbit
Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org
About this launch
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.
Pad
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
89th launch from Ariane Launch Area 3, 6th this year · 264th from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
118 launches from this pad · 336 from Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
42 days after the previous launch from this pad
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Questions
When did Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) launch?
Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) launched on November 17, 2016. The time is known to the hour, not the minute.
Where can I watch Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)?
Coverage: Ariane 5 lifts off from French Guiana with four Galileo spacecraft. Watch the replay
What rocket launched Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14)?
Ariane 5 ES, flown by Arianespace. Ariane 5 ES spec sheet
Where did Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) launch from?
Ariane Launch Area 3, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana.
What orbit did Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) reach?
GalileoSat-15, one of 5 catalogued objects, reached a 22,890 × 22,904 km orbit inclined 54.6°.
How many satellites did Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) launch?
4 payloads from this launch are catalogued, 4 of them still in orbit (Data from J. McDowell, planet4589.org).
Which program is Galileo L8 (FOC FM07 & FM12-FM14) part of?
Galileo. About Galileo