Editing Galileo (satellite navigation) (section)

==== FOC launches ====
On 7 May 2014, the first two FOC satellites landed in Guyana for their joint launch planned in summer.<ref>{{cite web|last=|date=7 May 2014|title=Next Galileo satellites arrive at Europe's Spaceport|url=http://www.esa.int/Our_Activities/Navigation/Next_Galileo_satellites_arrive_at_Europe_s_Spaceport|website=European Space Agency (esa.int)}}</ref> Originally planned for launch during 2013, problems tooling and establishing the production line for assembly led to a delay of a year in serial production of Galileo satellites. These two satellites (Galileo satellites GSAT-201 and GSAT-202) were launched on 22 August 2014.<ref name="bbc.com">{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-28860851|title=Europe expands Galileo network|first=Jonathan|last=Amos|date=22 August 2014 |work=BBC News}}</ref> The names of these satellites are Doresa and Milena named after European children who had previously won a drawing contest.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Rhian |first=Jason |date=22 August 2014 |title=Doresa and Milena Galileo spacecraft rise into morning sky via Soyuz ST-B |work=Spaceflight Insider |url=http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-news/doresa-milena-rise-night-via-soyuz-st-b-launch-vehicle/ |access-date=17 January 2016 |archive-date=27 December 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227232630/http://www.spaceflightinsider.com/space-flight-news/doresa-milena-rise-night-via-soyuz-st-b-launch-vehicle/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> On 23 August 2014, launch service provider Arianespace announced that the [[Soyuz flight VS09|flight VS09]] experienced an anomaly and the satellites were injected into an incorrect orbit.<ref name="VS09initial">{{cite press release|url=http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/8-23-2014.asp|title=Galileo satellites experience orbital injection anomaly on Soyuz launch: Initial report|date=23 August 2014|access-date=27 August 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140827023854/http://www.arianespace.com/news-press-release/2014/8-23-2014.asp|archive-date=27 August 2014}}</ref> They ended up in elliptical orbits and thus could not be used for navigation. However, it was later possible to use them to perform a physics experiment, so they were not a complete loss.<ref>{{cite web|last1=Gannon|first1=Megan|title=Wayward Satellites Test Einstein's Theory of General Relativity |url=https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/wayward-satellites-test-einsteins-theory-of-general-relativity/|website=Scientific American|publisher=Springer Nature America, Inc.|access-date=9 February 2019}}</ref>

On 15 December 2016, Galileo started offering Initial Operational Capability (IOC). The services currently offered are Open Service, Public Regulated Service and Search and Rescue Service.<ref name="operational"/>