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Go to topicRewatch Arianespace’s live coverage of the launch of the seventh and eight Galileo satellites on Soyuz flight VS11 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, which took off on 21:46:18 GMT (22:46:18 CET) on Friday 27 March 2015. This second part features the separation of the two Galileo satellites from their Fregat upper stage, starting from 01:31 GMT (02:31 CET) on Saturday morning and concluding at 01:50 GMT (02:50 CET).