Two new European satellites Galileo FOC M9 have successfully separated from the Russian upper stage Fregat. This was announced on Sunday, December 5, by the state corporation Roscosmos on its website.
It is noted that the spacecraft are in target orbit. The Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle and the Fregat upper stage “worked without comment,” the corporation said.
Earlier that day, the Russian Soyuz-ST-B launch vehicle with the Fregat upper stage and two Galileo FOC spacecraft successfully launched from the Kourou cosmodrome in French Guiana. Dmitry Rogozin, general director of Roscosmos, added that the launch took place at the estimated time.
Of the 28 Galileo satellites already in low-Earth orbit, 14 were launched by Soyuz-2 launch vehicles between 2011 and 2016, and two more spacecraft have been added today.
Galileo is a European global satellite navigation system in operation since 2016. It provides high-precision positioning, navigation and timing services to more than 2.3 billion users worldwide.
Source: IZ
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