flown by Arianespace France

Galileo L1

Success
OCT 21201110:30:00 UTC

First Soyuz launch from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying Thijs and Natalia, the first two of four In-Orbit Validation satellites built to prove the Galileo navigation system's design.

launched from ELS Kourou

aboard Soyuz ST-B / Fregat-MT into MEO

Broadcast

Watch how the launch went

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Payloads · 2

  • 01

    Galileo IOV 1

    Navigation

  • 02

    Galileo IOV 2

    Navigation

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