July 25, 2018 at 11:25 AM UTC
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
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July 25, 2018 at 11:25 AM UTC
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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana · 5.2390, -52.7680
The Galileo constellation is ESA's satellite navigation system and is expected to be completed by 2020. Galileo will provide Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Mission media
Arianespace Flight VA244 / Behind the Scenes of the Dream
Full video recordAriane 5 · ES
Height
45.7 m
Diameter
5.4 m
LEO capacity
21,000 kg
Successful launches
8
Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana
The Guiana Space Centre is a European spaceport to the northwest of Kourou in French Guiana, a region of France in South America. Kourou is located at a latitude of 5°. In operation since 1968, it is a suitable location for a spaceport because of its equatorial location and open sea to the east.
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