Spaceflight Insider

News Archive / Tagged: galileo-15-18

  • Ariane 5 booster soars into orbit with four Galileo navigation satellites

    Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 17th, 2016

    Thundering off from the launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana, an Ariane 5 rocket took to the skies on Thursday, Nov. 17, to replenish Europe’s Galileo navigation network. The booster, carrying four Galileo FOC (Full Operational Capability) satellites, lifted off at 10:06 a.m. local time (8:06 a.m. EST / 13:06 GMT).

  • Ariane 5 to launch a quartet of Galileo navigation satellites into orbit

    Tomasz NowakowskiNovember 15th, 2016

    Arianespace is all set to launch four new navigation satellites for Europe’s Galileo network atop an Ariane 5 launcher. The rocket will lift off at 10:06 a.m. local time (8:06 a.m. EST / 13:06 GMT) Nov. 17 from the ELA-3 launch pad at the Guiana Space Center in Kourou, French Guiana.