Galileo FOC FM33-FM34

Liftoff Time (GMT)

05:01:00

Wednesday December 17, 2025

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Mission Details

Galileo FOC FM33-FM34

Galileo is the global navigation satellite system (GNSS) that went live in 2016, created by the European Union (EU) through the European GNSS Agency (GSA), headquartered in Prague in the Czech Republic, with two ground operations centers, Oberpfaffenhofen near Munich in Germany and Fucino in Italy. The project is named after the Italian astronomer Galileo Galilei. One of the aims of Galileo is to provide an independent high-precision positioning system so European nations do not have to rely on the U.S. GPS, or the Russian GLONASS systems, which could be disabled or degraded by their operators at any time.

Manufacturer: OHB

Operator: EU Agency for the Space Programme

Medium Earth Orbit

2 Payloads

1,466 kilograms

Rocket

Active
Ariane 62

Active Since 2024

European Space Agency logo

Manufacturer

ESA

Price

$88.00 million

Rocket

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 62m

Payload to Orbit

LEO: 10,350 kg

GTO: 4,500 kg

Liftoff Thrust

8,370 Kilonewtons

Fairing

Diameter: 5.4m

Height: 20m

Stages

2

Strap-ons

2

Launch Site

General Trajectory

Launching

Northeast

ELA-4

Guiana Space Centre, French Guiana, France

Fastest Turnaround

83 days 20 hours

Stats

Ariane 6


5th

Mission

4th

Mission of 2025

European Space Agency


306th

Mission

7th

Mission of 2025

2025


294th

Orbital launch attempt