Galileo FOC-15, FOC-16, FOC-17, FOC-18
Ariane 5 ES
Arianespace
Launch Status
SuccessMission
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.
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Location
Ariane Launch Area 3
Kourou, French Guiana
320 rockets have launched from 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.
