Galileo system status

Date: Tue, Nov 08, 2016 | 07:30 - 07:45 GMT | 08:30 - 08:45 CET

Replay: Tue, Nov 08, 2016 | 16:00 - 16:15 GMT | 17:00 - 17:15 CET

Type: ESA TV Exchange

Format: 16:9

Next Thursday 17 November at 10:06 Kourou time /13:06 UTC/ 14:06 CET an Ariane 5 will launch for the first time Galileo satellites from Kourou in French Guyane.

Equipped with a specially designed dispenser the European launcher will embark 4 satellites : Galileo sat 15, 16, 17 and 18.

This video explains the current status of the Galileo system.

It includes an interview with Paul Verhoef, ESA Navigation Programme Director.

More information at: http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation

Preview and download:
https://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2016/11/Galileo_system_status

Script:
EbS I-128551.docx

Satellite Parameters: Eutelsat 9A at 9 degrees E, transponder 59, downlink frequency 11900.1 horizontally polarised, symbol rate 27,500 FEC 2/3.