Galileo is the European Union's Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), managed by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) with design and development by the European Space Agency (ESA). It provides highly accurate, guaranteed global positioning services under civilian control with improved positioning and timing information. Galileo offers various services, including an Open Service (OS) for mass-market use, a Search and Rescue (SAR) function, a High Accuracy Service (HAS), and a Public Regulated Service (PRS) for authorized users.
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Twenty-eight Galileo satellites had launched to date prior to the Galileo L12 mission, all of them on Russian-built Soyuz rockets or Europe’s Ariane 5.
SpaceX’s Falcon 9 launched the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida on 2024-04-27 at 8:34 p.m. ET.
Ariane 5 retired in summer 2023 without a replacement source for Galileo launches.
The first stage booster on the Galileo L12 mission was tail number B1060 in the SpaceX fleet and it launched for a 20th and final time on 2024-04-27.
SpaceX did not plan to recover Falcon 9 booster B1060 on the Galileo L12 mission due to the additional performance requirement to deliver the payload to medium Earth orbit.
The last time a Falcon 9 first stage was expended prior to the Galileo L12 mission occurred 146 flights earlier in November 2022.
Galileo is a flagship program of the European Union and is managed and funded by the European Commission.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Galileo is currently the world’s most precise satellite navigation system and has served over four billion smartphone users since entering Open Service in 2017.
SpaceX will launch two Galileo satellites into medium Earth orbit on Saturday, 2024-04-27.
SpaceX is targeting Saturday, 2024-04-27 at 8:34 p.m. ET for a Falcon 9 launch of the European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
The launch window for the Galileo mission is from 8:29 PM to 9:11 PM EDT on Saturday, 2024-04-27.
A National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency navigational warning shows a launch window opening Saturday, 2024-04-27 for the Galileo satellite launch.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
The Galileo satellites for this mission are scheduled to launch from Launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center.
The launch window for the Galileo mission is from 5:34 PM to 6:11 PM PDT on Saturday, 2024-04-27.
SpaceX will launch two Galileo satellites into medium Earth orbit on Saturday, 2024-04-27.
Galileo has served over four billion smartphone users worldwide since entering Open Service in 2017.
The LEO-PNT constellation will operate in combination with Galileo and other satellite navigation systems to provide guaranteed centimeter-level location accuracy.
LEO-PNT will demonstrate the capability of a LEO navigation constellation to provide monitoring capability for Galileo and EGNOS signals from space.