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

Ariane 5 ES

Arianespace

Launch Status
Success

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

318 rockets have launched from Kourou, French Guiana.

Ariane Launch Area 3, Kourou, French Guiana

Rocket

Ariane 5 ES – ArianeGroup

  • Family: Ariane 5
  • Length: 45.7 m
  • Diameter: 5.4 m
  • Launch Mass: 746 T
  • Low Earth Orbit Capacity: 21000 kg

The Ariane 5 ES was manufactured by ArianeGroup with the first launch on 2008-03-09. Ariane 5 ES has 8 successful launches and 0 failed launches with a total of 8 launches. The Ariane 5 ES (Evolution Storable) has an estimated LEO launch capacity of 21,000 kg (46,000 lb). It includes all the performance improvements of Ariane 5 ECA core and boosters but replaces the ESC-A second stage with the restartable EPS used on Ariane 5 GS variants. It was used to launch the Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) into a 260 km circular low Earth orbit inclined at 51.6° and has been used 3 times to launch 4 Galileo navigation satellites at a time directly into their operational orbit. The Ariane 5 ES flew 8 times from 2008 to 2018 with no failures.

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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