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Arianespace is under contract to launch the first two pairs of Batch 3 Galileo satellites using the Ariane 6 rocket in 2020 and 2021.
End-of-2017 data showed that 186 million Galileo-enabled smartphones had been produced and shipped.
The first two Batch 3 Galileo satellites are expected to launch at the end of 2020.
Arianespace launched four Galileo satellites on 2018-07-25 from the Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana.
The four Galileo satellites launched on 2018-07-25 were expected to come online in January or 2019-02-01.
The 2018-07-25 launch was the third time an Ariane 5 rocket was used for a Galileo mission.
Delays similar to those experienced at the beginning of the 2014–2020 EU budgetary period would put investments in Galileo, EGNOS and Copernicus at risk and delay new services.
The European Commission plans to allocate 9,700,000,000 EUR to the Galileo and European Geostationary Navigation Overlay Service (EGNOS) satellite navigation systems for 2021–2027.
The U.K. has contributed £1,200,000,000to the Galileo program and provided ground infrastructure in the Falklands and on Ascension Island.
Arianespace scheduled its next mission for July 2018 to launch four Galileo navigation satellites for the European Commission and the European Space Agency.
In about three months after the 17 December 2025 launch, the Galileo constellation will have more than 29 active satellites.
Two Galileo satellites designated SAT 33 and SAT 34 were launched on 17 December 2025 at 06:01 CET from the European Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket.
The 17 December 2025 mission was the first launch of Galileo satellites using the Ariane 6 launcher.
The European Commission manages and finances the Galileo program.
Galileo has provided the open service since 2016 and serves more than five billion smartphone users worldwide.
Galileo's high-precision service has been available since 2023 and provides compatible receivers with horizontal accuracy up to 20 centimeters and vertical accuracy up to 40 centimeters.