Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
Falcon 9 Block 5
SpaceX
Weather Forecast During Launch
According to weather officials, there’s a 75% chance of favorable weather conditions at the time of the launch.
Trajectory
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Mission
Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
- Type: Navigation
- Orbit: Medium Earth Orbit
- Launch Cost: $52,000,000
Two satellites for Europe’s Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable.
Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Location
Rocket
Landing
Agency
SpaceX
Space Exploration Technologies Corp., known as SpaceX, is an American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. It was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs and enabling the colonization of Mars. SpaceX operates from many pads, on the East Coast of the US they operate from SLC-40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station and historic LC-39A at Kennedy Space Center. They also operate from SLC-4E at Vandenberg Space Force Base, California, usually for polar launches. Another launch site is being developed at Boca Chica, Texas.
Great work to all involved.