ESA Galileo: Soyuz VS01 on the launch pad

Soyuz VS01, the first Soyuz flight from Europe’s Spaceport, Kourou in French Guyana, will lift off on 20 October 2011.

The rocket will carry the first two satellites of Europe’s Galileo navigation system into orbit.

For detailed information about this historic launch, please visit: www.esa.int/Galileo_IOV/