SpaceX launches European Commission’s Galileo satellites on Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral – Spaceflight Now
A Falcon 9 rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 40 (SLC-40) at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, carrying a pair of Galileo navigation satellites. Image: Adam Bernstein/Spaceflight Now
Update 7:23 p.m. EDT: SpaceX landed its first stage booster, B1067, on the droneship, ‘Just Read the Instructions.’
SpaceX launched the latest pair of Galileo spacecraft for the European Union’s navigation satellite constellation.
The mission marked the second time that Galileo satellites will launch from U.S. soil, following the so-called L-12 mission, which flew on another Falcon 9 rocket back in April 2024. Liftoff of the L-13 mission from pad 40 at Cape Canaveral Space Force Station happened at 6:50 p.m. EDT (2250 UTC).
Deployment is expected a little more than 3.5 hours after liftoff.
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