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    ESA > Our Activities > Navigation > The future - Galileo > Galileo IOV Launch

    Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS01

    Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS01
    21 October 2011

    Soyuz lifts off for the first time from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, carrying the first two Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites.

    Liftoff of flight VS01
    Liftoff of Soyuz flight VS01

    Liftoff of flight VS01
    Liftoff of flight VS01

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