WATCH GALILEO LAUNCH

Construction of Europe’s navigation satellite constellation resumes on Friday, 27 March with the launch of the seventh and eighth Galileo satellites. Launch is scheduled for 21:46:18 GMT (22:46:18 CET, 18:46:18 local time) atop a Soyuz ST-B rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana. Streaming starts at 21:26 GMT (22:26 CET).

The first three stages of the Soyuz rocket take the Galileo satellites and their Fregat upper stage into low orbit. Then the reignitable Fregat, as much a spacecraft as a rocket stage, will take over the task of hauling the satellites higher through a pair of burns. The satellites will be released in opposite directions by their dispenser once they reach their set 22 522 km-altitude orbit 3 h 47 min 57 sec after launch.

The webstream will cover the launch and orbital insertion in two parts, the first starting at 21:24 GMT (22:24 CET) and ending at 22:19 GMT (23:24 CET). The second part will begin at 01:22 GMT (02:22 CET) and end at 02:17 GMT (03:17 CET).

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