2024 · SpaceX
Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
successFalcon 9 Block 5 | Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
Two satellites for Europe's Galileo navigation system. Originally planned for launch on Soyuz-ST and then Ariane 6 but both were unavailable. Galileo provides Europe with an alternative to the American GPS and Russian GLONASS constellations, but will be interoperable with both systems.
Overview
- Date / time
- April 28, 2024 at 12:34 AM UTC
- Outcome
- success
- Launch site
- Launch Complex 39A
- Mission
- Galileo L12 (FOC FM25 & FM27)
- Mission type
- Navigation
- Orbit achieved
- Medium Earth Orbit