The liftoff of Soyuz flight VS11 from Europe’s 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 Europe’s seventh and eighth Galileo navigation satellites, due to separate from their Fregat upper stage into their assigned orbit on 3 h 47 min after lift-off.
The full launch sequence is available on our website:
http://www.esa.int/spaceinvideos/Videos/2015/03/Galileo_Soyuz_Launch_Live_from_Kourou_-_Part_1
Credit: ESA/CNES/Arianespace
