Galileo liftoff replay

The liftoff of Soyuz flight VS11 from Europes Spaceport in French Guiana took place as scheduled on 21:46:18 GMT (22:46:18 CET) on Friday 27 March 2015. The launcher was carrying Europes seventh and eighth Galileo navigation satellites, due to separate from their Fregat upper stage into their assigned orbit on 3 h 47 min after liftoff. Credit: ESA, CNES, Arianespace br, br,