2 Galileo Satellites Arrive in French Guiana for Arianespace's Year-Ending Soyuz Mission

Soyuz Flight VS13 photo Arianespace

Nov 4, 2015 ASDNews Source : Arianespace

The satellites for Arianespace’s 12th flight in 2015 – which will close out the company’s record year of launch activity – have arrived in French Guiana with delivery of the latest two European Galileo navigation platforms to be lofted by Soyuz. These spacecraft landed at Cayenne’s Félix Eboué Airport aboard a chartered freighter jetliner, and were transferred via road to the Spaceport’s S1 payload preparation facility for checkout.

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