Ariane 5 ES | Galileo FOC-19, FOC-20, FOC-21, FOC-22
Ariane Launch Area 3
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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Galileo FOC-19, FOC-20, FOC-21, FOC-22
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.
Ariane 5 ES
Height 45.70 Meters
Max Stages 2
Mass To GTO 0 kg
Liftoff Thrust 11400 kN
Diameter 5.40 Meters
Mass To LEO 21000 kg
Liftoff Mass 746 Tonnes
Launch Success 8
Consecutive Success 8
Maiden Flight 2008-03-09
Launch Failures 0
Programs
Galileo
Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).
