Galileo Soyuz Launch Overview VNR

Date: Tue, Mar 17, 2015 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Mar 17, 2015 | 17:00 - 17:15 GMT | 18:00 - 18:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

This 27 March a Soyuz launcher will send two new Galileo satellites on orbit.

Launch from Europe's Spaceport is scheduled at 18h46 Kourou time, 21h46 GMT.

The Galileo Satellites navigation system stays on track after the successful in-orbit validation and more recently the news that the satellites launched on the wrong orbit last August appear to be working correctly.

Before, in 2013 and 2014, Galileo systems were tested and validated with a mini-constellation of only four satellites and their associated ground segment, showing that the performances were good, even beyond expectations.

Now with the launch of two more satellites ESA and the European Union are fully into the deployment phase.

This video presents the status of Galileo launch campaign with latest images from Kourou and recalls what is at stake for the European Navigation programme.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2015/03/Galileo_7_8_Soyuz_Launch_Overview_VNR

Script:
EbS97669.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.