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The Soyuz ST-B space launch vehicle (LV) was successfully lifted off at 11:48 MT on 24 May 2016 from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana with two Galileo satellites onboard.

The first three stages of the Soyuz LV have taken the Fregat-MT upper stage and two Galileo satellites into low orbit just short of nine minutes after liftoff. Then the reignitable Fregat-MT took over the task of hauling the satellites higher through a pair of burns.

The satellites will be released in opposite directions by their dispenser once they reach their target altitude orbit at 3 h 48 min after launch.