Publication Date:
2015-12-18
Description:
Europe’s GNSS program placed two more satellites into orbit today (December 17, 2015), doubling the number of Galileo spacecraft in space in the course of nine months from 6 to 12. Galileo 11 and 12 — the full Operational Capability (FOC) satellites numbers 7 and 8 — lifted off together at 6:51 a.m. EST (12:51 CET, 11:51 UTC, 8:51 a.m. local time) atop a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s spaceport near Kourou, French Guiana.
Print ISSN:
1559-503X
Topics:
Architecture, Civil Engineering, Surveying
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Geosciences
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