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Flight VS26 – GALILEO FOC-M9 – Sat 27-28 | Soyuz Launch | Arianespace

Summary: 00:00:00 Start of the livestream 00:01:46 Josef Aschbacher, ESA DG 00:04:53 Thierry Breton, European Commissioner for Internal Market 00:11:18 Liftoff 00:21:44 First Fregat Ignition 00:26:13 ...

Soyuz Flight VS26

Arianespace will orbit two more satellites, Galileo FOC 23 and 24, bringing the Galileo constellation fleet to 28 satellites after the launch. This mission will be performed for the benefit of the European Space Agency (ESA) acting on behalf of the European Commission.

Galileo L11 (FOC FM23-FM24)

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Overview

Destination: Medium Earth Orbit
Mission: Navigation

Medium Earth Orbit Soyuz Launch Complex Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.

Updates

Cosmic_Penguin • Dec. 5, 2021, 5:29 a.m.

Launch success.


Nosu • Dec. 4, 2021, 7:44 a.m.

Adjusting T-0


spacevogel • Dec. 2, 2021, 8:27 p.m.

Launch is delayed due to the tracking station readiness, according to Roscosmos.


Cosmic_Penguin • Nov. 18, 2021, 5:34 p.m.

New launch date.


Nosu • Oct. 19, 2021, 6:14 a.m.

Adding launch time


Soyuz STB

Family:
Configuration: STB/Fregat

The 2.1b version adds an upgraded engine (RD-0124) with improved performance to the second stage. First launch took place from Plesetsk Cosmodrome Site 43 on 26 July 2008 with a classified military payload. The 2.1b/ST version is sometimes called Soyuz ST-B.

Specifications
  • Stages
    3
  • Length
    46.3 m
  • Diameter
    2.95 m
  • Fairing Diameter
  • Launch Mass
    312.0 T
  • Thrust
Family
  • Name
    Soyuz STB
  • Family
  • Variant
    STB/Fregat
  • Alias
  • Full Name
    Soyuz STB Fregat
Payload Capacity
  • Launch Cost
  • Low Earth Orbit
    8200.0 kg
  • Geostationary Transfer Orbit
    3250.0 kg
  • Direct Geostationary
  • Sun-Synchronous Capacity
    4900.0 kg

Progress Rocket Space Center

Progress Rocket Space Center

(PRSC)

CEO: Dmitry Baranov Founded: 1996 Successes: 44 Failures: 1 Pending: 0

Agency Type:

Progress Rocket Space Centre, formerly known as TsSKB-Progress, is a space science and aerospace research company which is known for manufacturing launch vehicles and satellites. Most notably, Progress Rocket Space Centre is the manufacturer of Soyuz launch vehicles.

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