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Mission

Galileo FOC-15, FOC-16, FOC-17, FOC-18

Type: Communications

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.

Trajectory

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Location

Ariane Launch Area 3

Kourou, French Guiana

320 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.

Ariane Launch Area 3, Kourou, French Guiana

Agency

Arianespace – ASA

  • Type: Commercial
  • Abbreviation: ASA
  • Administration: CEO: Stéphane Israël
  • Founded: 1980
  • Launchers: Ariane | Vega
  • Country: FRA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world’s first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

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