Galileo navigation satellites 9-10 are positioned inside the Soyuz fairing

Galileo navigation satellites 9-10 are positioned inside the Soyuz fairing, on 3 September 2015. They were attached to the vehicle adapter before being installed in the fairing.

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 on top of a Soyuz rocket. They are expected to become operational, after initial in-orbit testing, later in the autumn.