The upper composite, containing the Galileo satellites 9-10 attached to their dispenser atop the Fregat upper stage inside the launcher fairing, being hoisted up to the top of the mobile gantry to be attached to its Soyuz launcher, on 7 September 2015.
The satellites are scheduled to lift off at 02:08 GMT on 11 September (04:08 CEST; 23:08 local time, 10 September) from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. They are expected to become operational, after initial in-orbit testing, later in the autumn.