Galileo satellite

Artist’s view of a Galileo Full Operational Capability (FOC) satellite, with platforms manufactured by OHB in Bremen, Germany, and navigation payloads coming from Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd in Guildford, UK.

The first two FOC satellites were launched together aboard a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana on 22 August 2014, joining the four Galileo satellites already in orbit. A second pair was launched on 28 March 2015, and a third on 11 September 2015. Some 22 FOC satellites are being manufactured in total.