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Name: Ariane 6 | Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)
Start: 2029-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
End: 2029-12-31T00:00:00.000Z
Location: Ariane Launch Area 4

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Ariane 6 | Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)

Arianespace • Ariane 6 • Ariane Launch Area 4 (NA)

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Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)

Arianespace • Ariane 6 • LA-4

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Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's second generation Galileo navigation system.

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Ariane 6

Photo credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace/ArianeGroup/Optique vidéo du CSG–S. Martin•License: ESA Standard Licence

Variant: N/A

Length: 63 m

Diameter: 5.4 m

Reusable: No

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Launch info

Provider

Arianespace

Vehicle

Ariane 6

Pad

Ariane Launch Area 4 (LA-4)

State

NET

2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Window start

2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Window end

2029-12-31T00:00:00+00:00

Orbit

Medium Earth Orbit

Mission type

Navigation

Launch site

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana

Reusable

LEO capacity (kg)

21650

GTO capacity (kg)

11500

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Ariane Launch Area 4

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Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana5.25632, -52.78684Provider map

Galileo L18 (2 x Galileo Second Generation)

Payload consists of two satellites for Europe's second generation Galileo navigation system.

Rocket

Ariane 6

Manufacturer: ArianeGroup

Ariane 6 (unknown variant)

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Service provider

Arianespace

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Commercial • FRA

Arianespace SA is a multinational company founded in 1980 as the world's first commercial launch service provider. It undertakes the production, operation, and marketing of the Ariane programme. Their vehicles launch exclusively from French Guiana in South America.

Programs

Galileo
Navigation Constellation
Galileo is a global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union through the European Space Agency (ESA), operated by the European Union Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA).
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Mission agencies

European Space AgencyMultinational
European Union Agency for the Space ProgrammeMultinational

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Arianespace

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Rocket track record

Ariane 6

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Ariane Launch Area 4

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