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Two Galileo Satellites Launched From French Guiana

By Keith Cowing
Press Release
March 27, 2015
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Two Galileo Satellites Launched From French Guiana
VS11 Launch
ESA/NASA

The liftoff of Soyuz flight VS11 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana took place as scheduled on 21:46:18 GMT (22:46:18 CET) on Friday 27 March 2015.
The launcher was carrying Europe’s seventh and eighth Galileo navigation satellites, due to separate from their Fregat upper stage into their assigned orbit on 3 h 47 min after lift-off.

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