Soyuz STB/Fregat
Partial FailureGalileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02) · Arianespace
Launch time (NET)
Friday, Aug 22, 2014, 12:27 UTC
Launch window
Friday, Aug 22, 2014, 12:27 UTC – Friday, Aug 22, 2014, 12:27 UTC
Provider
Arianespace
Rocket
Launch pad
Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · Open map
Status
Partial Failure
Either the launch vehicle reached orbit but did not deliver its payload in the targeted orbit, or an exceptional event made it impossible to consider the mission a success.
Mission
Galileo L3 (FOC FM01-FM02)
Type
Navigation
Orbit
Medium Earth Orbit (MEO)
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.
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