Uploaded October 2011 | Updated September 2026, 2 hours ago
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Launch of VS01, Soyuz ST-B--Galileo IOV-1.
Liftoff of the Soyuz ST-B launcher took place Friday, Oct. 21, at exactly 12:30:26 pm CEST (10:30:26 GMT, 5:30:26 a.m. CDT).
The launch marked the first time that Russia's venerable Soyuz vehicle has ascended from European territory, lifting off from the Soyuz Launch Complex in Sinnamary, French Guiana.
Riding Soyuz were the first two operational satellites in the Galileo constellation that will provide Europe with an independent global satellite navigation system.
Video credit: Arianespace
Presented by collectSPACE.com -- The Source for Space History and Artifacts.
Launch of VS01, Soyuz ST-B--Galileo IOV-1.
Liftoff of the Soyuz ST-B launcher took place Friday, Oct. 21, at exactly 12:30:26 pm CEST (10:30:26 GMT, 5:30:26 a.m. CDT).
The launch marked the first time that Russia's venerable Soyuz vehicle has ascended from European territory, lifting off from the Soyuz Launch Complex in Sinnamary, French Guiana.
Riding Soyuz were the first two operational satellites in the Galileo constellation that will provide Europe with an independent global satellite navigation system.
Video credit: Arianespace
![[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 8 Recap](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/g8Y9jyz_pO4/mqdefault.jpg "[STS-135 Flight Day Journal] Flight Day 8 Recap
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A video recap of flight day 8 of the STS-135 mission of space shuttle Atlantis to the International Space Station.
Video: NASA")
