Arianespace

Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)

Soyuz STB Fregat

PARTIAL FAILURE
Partial Failure

Friday, August 22, 2014 · 12:27 UTC

Mission

/01

These are the first two Full Operational Capability satellites of the Galileo constellation, 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.

Mission Type

Navigation

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)

Probability

N/A

Status

Launch was a Partial Failure

Vehicle & Pad

/02

Rocket

Soyuz STB Fregat

Variant: STB/Fregat

Launch Pad

Soyuz Launch Complex

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

5.302° N, 52.835° W

9

Pad Launches

239

Location Launches

224

Agency Launches

52

Orbital This Year

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