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LAUNCH SITEGuiana Space Centre, French Guiana
Mission
Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
- Launch vehicle
- Soyuz STB Fregat
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Destination orbit
- Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch pad
- Soyuz Launch Complex
- Provider
- Arianespace
- Programs
- Galileo
The vehicle
Published configuration and flight history.
Launch vehicle
Soyuz STB Fregat
The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. First launch took place from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.
- Height
- 46.3 m
- Diameter
- 2.95 m
- Stages
- 3
- Recorded launches
- 14
- First flight
- 2011-10-21
Recorded timing
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Launch site & orbit
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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