{"id":799779,"date":"2025-12-17T15:44:28","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:44:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799779"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:44:28","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T20:44:28","slug":"esa-galileo-launch-14-liftoff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/?p=799779","title":{"rendered":"ESA &#8211; Galileo launch 14 liftoff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"modal__tab-content--details\">\n<div class=\"modal__tab-description\">\n<p>On 17 December at 05:01 GMT (06:01 CET), two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marked the 14th launch for Europe\u2019s satellite navigation operational satellite programme, reinforcing Europe\u2019s resilience and autonomy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The flight, designated VA266, was the first launch of Galileo satellites on Europe\u2019s newest heavy-lift launcher Ariane 6.<\/p>\n<p>The European Space Agency (ESA) is responsible for carrying out the Galileo launch with Arianespace on behalf of the European Commission. The Galileo satellites were manufactured by OHB, under contract with ESA. Once in orbit, the EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will bring the satellites into service and oversee their operation.<\/p>\n<p>Follow the launch campaign:\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.esa.int\/ESA_Multimedia\/Images\/2025\/12\/Galileo_launch_14_liftoff2?rand=772187\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 17 December at 05:01 GMT (06:01 CET), two new Galileo satellites lifted off from Europe\u2019s Spaceport in French Guiana aboard an Ariane 6 rocket. This marked the 14th launch&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":799780,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-799779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-multimedia"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=799779"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/799779\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/799780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=799779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=799779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spaceweekly.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=799779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}