WATCH HERE: two flagship European space programmes will combine as four Galileo navigation satellites are carried into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket for the first time. Launch of Ariane flight VA233 is scheduled for 13:06 GMT (14:06 CET) on THURSDAY, 17 November.
Watch the launch of Galileos 15–18
Two flagship European space programmes will combine on 17 November, as four Galileo navigation satellites are carried into orbit by an Ariane 5 rocket for the first time.