{"id":16447,"date":"2015-03-25T19:44:30","date_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:44:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wp-productionenv-bjg9h2g2bgg5b8aa.southeastasia-01.azurewebsites.net\/news\/photos-galileo-navigation-satellites-added-to-soyuz-rocket\/"},"modified":"2015-03-25T19:44:30","modified_gmt":"2015-03-25T11:44:30","slug":"photos-galileo-navigation-satellites-added-to-soyuz-rocket","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/news\/photos-galileo-navigation-satellites-added-to-soyuz-rocket\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Galileo navigation satellites added to Soyuz rocket"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Twin satellites for Europe\u2019s Galileo navigation system were raised on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket late Tuesday and installed for Friday\u2019s launch from French Guiana to expand the growing network of spacecraft nearly 15,000 miles above Earth.<\/p>\n<p>Stacked side-by-side inside the Soyuz rocket\u2019s nose cone, the payloads were rolled out of a clean room at the European-run Guiana Space Center, trucked across the space base, and hoisted inside the Soyuz launch pad\u2019s mobile gantry.<\/p>\n<p>The addition of the Galileo satellites and the mission\u2019s Fregat upper stage Tuesday evening completed assembly of the Soyuz rocket after the booster rolled out to the launch pad in the morning.<\/p>\n<p>The Soyuz ST-B rocket is set for launch at 2146:18 GMT (5:46:18 p.m. EDT), or 6:46 p.m. local time at the jungle spaceport on the northern shores of South America.<\/p>\n<p>The three-stage rocket, topped with a Fregat-MT upper stage, will take 3 hours and 47 minutes to deploy the Galileo satellites into orbit 14,600 miles (23,500 kilometers) above Earth.<\/p>\n<p>The 1,574-pound (714-kilogram) satellites will be the seventh and eighth Galileo spacecraft to launch.<\/p>\n<p>The photos below show preparations of the Galileo satellites, which arrived in French Guiana from Europe in early February. Technicians clad in special protective suits filled the spacecraft with toxic maneuvering fuel, then the satellites were mated with the launcher\u2019s Fregat upper stage March 19. The two-part 13.4-foot-diameter payload shroud enclosed the satellites March 20.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5152\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5152\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5152\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ouverture-conteneur-CU1_094.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"621\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ouverture-conteneur-CU1_094.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ouverture-conteneur-CU1_094-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Ouverture-conteneur-CU1_094-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5152\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5153\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5153\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5153\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Remplissage-CU2_009.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"621\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Remplissage-CU2_009.jpg 841w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Remplissage-CU2_009-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Remplissage-CU2_009-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5153\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5133\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5133\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Galileo_satellites_moved_to_S3B_building_node_full_image_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 H. Rouffie\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Galileo_satellites_moved_to_S3B_building_node_full_image_2.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Galileo_satellites_moved_to_S3B_building_node_full_image_2-300x212.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 H. Rouffie<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5150\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5150\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5150\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_039.jpg\" alt=\"Pose STACK sur Fregat\" width=\"621\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_039.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_039-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5150\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5149\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5149\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5149\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_054.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_054.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_054-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5149\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5148\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5148\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5148\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_057.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"621\" height=\"878\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_057.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-STACK-sur-Fregat_057-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5148\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5147\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5147\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5147\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_052.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_052.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_052-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5147\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5134\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5134\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Inside_fairing_node_full_image_2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"621\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Inside_fairing_node_full_image_2.jpg 496w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Inside_fairing_node_full_image_2-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5146\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5146\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5146\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_065.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"874\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_065.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_065-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5146\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5145\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5145\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5145\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_071.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"621\" height=\"876\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_071.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-coiffes-sur-Fregat_071-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5145\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5144\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5144\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_080.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"621\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_080.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_080-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_080-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5143\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5143\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_088.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"620\" height=\"440\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_088.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_088-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_088-768x545.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5142\" style=\"width: 619px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5142\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_105.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin\" width=\"619\" height=\"873\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_105.jpg 597w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Pose-logo_105-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 619px) 100vw, 619px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 S. Martin<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5141\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5141\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5141\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11024613_890572934314389_2823641493633137900_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon\" width=\"621\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11024613_890572934314389_2823641493633137900_n.jpg 841w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11024613_890572934314389_2823641493633137900_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11024613_890572934314389_2823641493633137900_n-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5141\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5139\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5139\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-5139\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11039267_890572954314387_397202327941950752_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"621\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11039267_890572954314387_397202327941950752_n.jpg 841w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11039267_890572954314387_397202327941950752_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11039267_890572954314387_397202327941950752_n-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5139\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 JM Guillon<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5140\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5140\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5140\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11084265_890572937647722_1898264247217472446_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11084265_890572937647722_1898264247217472446_n.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11084265_890572937647722_1898264247217472446_n-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11084265_890572937647722_1898264247217472446_n-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5140\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5137\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5137\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5137\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"620\" height=\"438\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-1.jpg 842w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-1-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-1-768x543.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5137\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5136\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5136\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-2.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"620\" height=\"877\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-2.jpg 595w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-2-212x300.jpg 212w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5138\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5138\" style=\"width: 620px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5138\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11050183_890573050981044_313833828677624334_n.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste\" width=\"620\" height=\"439\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11050183_890573050981044_313833828677624334_n.jpg 840w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11050183_890573050981044_313833828677624334_n-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/11050183_890573050981044_313833828677624334_n-768x544.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5138\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG \u2013 G. Barbaste<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5135\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5135\" style=\"width: 621px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-5135\" src=\"http:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-3-1.jpg\" alt=\"Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG\" width=\"621\" height=\"901\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-3-1.jpg 565w, https:\/\/spaceflightnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/1271-3-1-207x300.jpg 207w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 621px) 100vw, 621px\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5135\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo credit: ESA\/CNES\/Arianespace \u2013 Photo Optique Video du CSG<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><b><i>Follow Stephen Clark on Twitter: @StephenClark1.<\/i><\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Twin satellites for Europe\u2019s Galileo navigation system were raised on top of a Russian-made Soyuz rocket late Tuesday and installed for Friday\u2019s launch from French Guiana to expand the growing network of spacecraft nearly 15,000 miles above Earth. Stacked side-by-side inside the Soyuz rocket\u2019s nose cone, the payloads were rolled out of a clean room [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[498,1763,1397,1773,395,1302,4101],"class_list":["post-16447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","tag-arianespace","tag-fregat","tag-galileo","tag-guiana-space-center","tag-navigation","tag-soyuz","tag-vs11"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16447"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/starpath.global\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}