LaunchesGalileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)
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Galileo L2 (IOV FM03-FM04)
Soyuz STB · Navigation
2012Soyuz Launch Complex, Guiana Space Centre
Mission
The 3rd and 4th In Orbit Validation satellites of the Galileo constellation. 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.
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Mission Facts
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Rocket
- Soyuz STB
- Orbit
- MEO
- Pad
- Soyuz Launch Complex
- NET precision
- Year
- Data source
- LL2