Soyuz Lifts Off from Kourou With Galileo Sats
The Soyuz rocket lifted off on time from Kourou this morning at 6:30 am EDT.
This is the first launch of Russia’s Soyuz rocket from the French launch site on the coast of South America. Its payload today is the first two Galileo satellites for Europe’s navigation satellite system. Galileo will be similar to the U.S. Global Positioning System (GPS) and will be interoperable with it and Russia’s system, GLONASS.
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