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Launch Date
4/28/2024
Launch Site
KSC LC39B
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Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle (SRB Family)
The European Commission will launch two pairs of Galileo navigation satellites on Falcon 9 rockets in 2024.
The European Commission confirmed it will launch two pairs of Galileo navigation satellites on Falcon 9 rockets in 2024.
SpaceX will launch two Galileo satellites into medium Earth orbit on Saturday, 2024-04-27.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
SpaceX will launch two Galileo satellites into medium Earth orbit on Saturday, 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.
Ariane 5 retired in summer 2023 without a replacement source for Galileo launches.
Thierry Breton, European Commission commissioner for the internal market, selected SpaceX as the launcher for four Galileo satellites in 2024 because Ariane 6 was not yet available.
The two Galileo satellites launched on 2024-04-27 brought the total number of Galileo satellites in orbit to thirty.
The European Space Agency contracted with SpaceX to launch up to four Galileo spacecraft over two launches in 2024.
A SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket will launch Galileo satellites for the European Space Agency from NASA’s Kennedy Space Center.
Beyond Gravity is building the thermal insulation for the Airbus-built Galileo satellites in Austria.
Ariane 6 is reaching final milestones leading up to its first flight, enabling the envisaged resumption of Galileo constellation deployment from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana in 2025.
Two additional European Galileo navigation satellites were launched on Sunday morning, 2024-04-28, bringing the total number of Europe’s Galileo navigation satellites on-orbit to 30.
Beyond Gravity supplies solar array drive mechanisms to Airbus that point the Galileo satellites’ solar arrays to provide the payload, especially the atomic clocks, with required electric power.
The European Space Agency and European Commission launched the latest two Galileo navigation satellites on April 28.
The next Galileo satellites after the recent launches are planned to launch in the coming weeks from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard a Falcon 9.
The Galileo satellites launched on 2024-04-28 were launched by SpaceX under contract with ESA.
A Falcon 9 rocket injected the April-launched Galileo satellites into Medium Earth Orbit near their final positions.
The next couple of Galileo satellites are planned to launch from the Kennedy Space Center in Florida onboard a Falcon 9 in the coming weeks.