Uzupełnienie konstelacji Galileo 05.12. o 00:19:20 z Kourou wystrzelona została RN Sojuz-STB/Fregat-MT, która wyniosła w T+3h 47' 00" na orbitę
o parametrach: hp=23522 km, ha=23522 km, i=57,39° dwa satelity nawigacyjne systemu Galileo - Galileo-FOC FM23
(Nikolina) i Galileo-FOC FM24 (Shriya).
http://lk.astronautilus.pl/n211201.htm#02Soyuz ST-B launches Galileo FOC-M9 (23-24), SAT 27-28https://twitter.com/Arianespace/status/1467346594169241601Udane wystrzelenie 2 kolejnych satelitów dla Galileo z europejskiej bazy kosmicznej KourouBY REDAKCJA ON 8 GRUDNIA 2021
4 grudnia 2021 r. z europejskiego portu kosmicznego w Kourou (Gujana Francuska) pomyślnie wystrzelono dwa nowe satelity Galileo, dzięki czemu liczba wystrzelonych satelitów Galileo wynosi obecnie 28, co umożliwia świadczenie bardziej niezawodnych usług i precyzyjniejsze sygnały w różnych sektorach przemysłu. (...)
https://kosmonauta.net/2021/12/udane-wystrzelenie-2-kolejnych-satelitow-dla-galileo-z-europejskiej-bazy-kosmicznej-kourou/Some statistics on tonight's flight:1,951st Soyuz rocket launch
20th Soyuz launch of 2021
13th Arianespace mission of 2021
6th launch from Guiana Space Center in 2021
26th Soyuz launch from French Guiana
1st Soyuz launch from French Guiana in 2021
337th Arianespace launch since 1980
11th launch of the Galileo program
27th and 28th operational Galileo satellites launched
26th and 27th OHB-built satellites launched by Arianespace
61st Arianespace mission for ESA
124th global orbital launch attempt in 2016
https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/03/soyuz-vs26-mission-status-center/Arianespace launches Galileo navigation satellites in final mission before WebbDecember 5, 2021 Stephen Clark
A Soyuz ST-B launcher takes off from the Guiana Space Center on Saturday night with two Galileo navigation satellites. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – S. Martin(...) Designed for 12-year missions, the new spacecraft will join 26 Galileo satellites already in orbit providing navigation services around the world for the European Union’s mulbillion-euro flagship space program. Ten launches of Soyuz and Ariane 5 rockets from French Guiana from October 2011 through July 2018 deployed the operational Galileo satellites, which are spread out in three orbital planes around 14,400 miles (23,200 kilometers) above Earth.
The full constellation needs 30 satellites, including 24 active platforms and six spares.
“The purpose of the coming up launch of Galileo is to complete the deployments of the satellites and the population of the different orbital planes to ensure that the constellation is complete,” said Andrea Cotellessa, head of the Galileo space segment management office at the European Space Agency. “Our constellation requires eight operational satellites and two spare satellites per plane, and this has not been achieved yet.” (...)
Europe’s next two Galileo navigation satellites are prepared for attachment to their Russian-made Fregat upper stage at the Guiana Space Center. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace – Photo Optique Video du CSG – P. Baudon(...)
https://spaceflightnow.com/2021/12/05/arianespace-launches-galileo-navigation-satellites-in-final-mission-before-webb/Arianespace expands Galileo constellation to 28 satellitesby Jason Rainbow — December 6, 2021
A Soyuz launches Galileo satellites 27-28 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/Optique Vidéo du CSG - S Martin(...) Germany’s OHB System built the satellites, and the mission marks the eleventh time Arianespace has performed a launch for the constellation.
It will take 10 days from launch for the payloads to reach their final orbit at 23,222 kilometers, according to Telespazio, which is part of a joint venture with German space agency DLR called Spaceopal that manages Galileo Control Centres. The orbit raising will be followed by 25 days of drift and fine positioning to put the satellites in their operational orbit. (...)
https://spacenews.com/arianespace-expands-galileo-constellation-to-28-satellites/https://www.arianespace.com/press-release/vs26-galileo-soyuz-success-arianespace/https://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2021/12/soyuz-st-b-launch/Galileo 27 (Galileo-FOC FM23, Patrick)
https://space.skyrocket.de/doc_chr/lau2021.htmGalileo 28 (Galileo-FOC FM24, Shriya)
EDIT 07.05.22
2022 maj 06 16:22 Kosmonauta.net
Satelita Galileo -FOC FM23 (E34) operacyjny
5 maja pojawiła się informacja, że satelita konstelacji Galileo (FOC FM23, także o oznaczeniu E34) właśnie przeszedł do trybu operacyjnego.
Ten satelita, wraz z drugim satelitą Galileo, został wyniesiony 5 grudnia 2021 na orbitę za pomocą rakiety Sojuz STB. Był to przedostatni start Sojuza z Gujany Francuskiej przed agresją wojsk rosyjskich. Później, 10 lutego 2022 odbył się jeszcze start dla operatora OneWeb.