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Galileo Satellite - Artist view
author: ESA/P.Carril/Novapix
reference: e-sco05-90260
Image Size 300 DPI: 29 * 29 cm
Galileo Full Operational Capability satellite in orbit – the second batch of Galileo satellites. These FOC satellites follow on from the initial four Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites, the first two of which went into orbit on 21 October 2011 with the remaining two joining them on 12 October 2012.
The complete Galileo constellation will consist of 30 satellites along three orbital planes in medium Earth orbit (including two spares per orbit). The result will be Europe’s largest ever fleet of satellites, operating in the new environment of medium-Earth orbit.
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