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Launch Date
4/28/2024
Launch Site
KSC LC39B
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Launch Vehicle
Space Shuttle (SRB Family)
Galileo satellites 29 and 30 were fully tested and declared operational after reaching their target positions.
Galileo satellites 29 and 30 were fully tested on orbit and declared operational after reaching 23,222 km altitude.
SpaceX is scheduled to launch Galileo L13 (FOC FM26 & FM32) to Medium Earth Orbit on Sunday, 2024-09-15, at 3:57 PM–4:39 PM PDT from Space Launch Complex 40, Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The two Galileo satellites launched on 2024-04-28 were injected into MEO by a Falcon 9 rocket.
The two Galileo satellites launched from Cape Canaveral reached their target positions at an altitude of 23,222 km three months after launch.
Blue Ghost’s NASA CLPS payloads include a camera to image the dust plume created during descent and a payload designed to test whether GPS and Galileo navigation signals can be used at the moon.