Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18) Mission

Launch Status

Success

Date & Time

12 Dec 2017, 6:36pm

UTC

Location

Guiana Space Centre

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 3

Launch Service Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 5 ES

Mission

Galileo L9 (FOC FM15-FM18)

Mission Type

Communications

Destination

Medium Earth 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.

Available Replays

Live

Arianespace Flight VA240 / Behind the Scenes of the Dream