Launch of Soyuz ST-B with Galileo satellites

Launch of Soyuz ST-B with Galileo satellites
Launch of Soyuz ST-B with Galileo satellites
On 12 October 2012, at 20:15 CET, two Galileo satellites were launched from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on board a Soyuz ST-B. All stages of the Soyuz worked as planned. The Fregat-MT upper stage delivered the satellites to their orbits, at an altitude of 23,200 kilometres, 3 hours and 45 minutes after lift-off.
Credit:

ESA - S. Corvaja, 2012 .

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