ArianespaceSoyuz STB FregatSoyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Soyuz STB/Fregat | Galileo L6 (FOC FM08-FM09)
Launch window
No countdown — this launch time is not yet known to the minute.December 17, 2015Add to calendar
Arianespace's 240th launch · 12th this year · humanity's 5,525th orbital launch attempt
The launch vehicle successfully inserted its payload(s) into the target orbit(s).
Window: Dec 17, 11:51 – Dec 17, 11:51 UTC
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Galileo L6 (FOC FM08-FM09)
The 7th and 8th Full Operational Capability satellites will be the 11th and 12th Galileo satellites launched, alongside the 6 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.
Communications · Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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