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Is that correct?

No, both VS26 and VS27 are planned in 2021 for now.

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meanwhile....in CSG...VS27 vs VA256.....
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For now the plan is that VS26 with OneWeb will be in November and VS27 with Galileo - in December.

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For now the plan is that VS26 with OneWeb will be in November and VS27 with Galileo - in December.

Based on what ?

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How did this launch get on this difficult schedule?
Tests on both satellites were completed in April, according to ESA.
They are currently in storage.

http://www.esa.int/Applications/Navigation/Galileo_satellites_last_step_before_launch

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The first pair of these satellites were already at ESTEC when the COVID-19 pandemic began last year. Testing was briefly interrupted as the Test Centre was closed, but resumed once safety measures were put in place.

Testing of this first pair was completed in April, and they are now in storage on site.

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For now the plan is that VS26 with OneWeb will be in November and VS27 with Galileo - in December.
Based on what ?

https://insidegnss.com/galileo-update-esas-paul-verhoef-outlines-top-priorities/ [article dated June 22]

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The launch is planned for the end of November/beginning of December.

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SFN Launch Schedule, updated July 27, lists this launch for November 2021.

Cross-post; my bold:
From FCC filing:

Pre-LEOP test campaign for the LEOP support of Galileo Constellation Launch Flight #11 from USN’s Hawaii ground station

Galileo Flight #11 will launch on or about November 22nd 2021. The launch will continue to build the “Full Operational Capability” in their operation of the Galileo navigation constellation for the EU. USN has been requested to assist with a test campaign to calibrate the Hawaiian earth station ranging capability in preparation for the F11 launch. Testing will use on orbit Galileo spacecraft GSAT101 and GSAT102 for a requested period of 30 days beginning on or about September 15, 2021.
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Cross-post:
https://tass.ru/kosmos/12070629
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MOSCOW, August 6. / TASS /. The launch of the Galileo European Global Navigation Satellite System satellite from the Kourou Cosmodrome in French Guiana is scheduled for 23 November. This was reported to TASS by a source in the rocket and space industry.

"The launch of the Soyuz-ST carrier rocket from the Kuru cosmodrome is scheduled for November 23, it will launch the Galileo satellite into orbit," the agency's source said.
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By this application, SSC Space US, Inc. dba Universal Space Network (collectively, "USN"),1 a Delaware Corporation, seeks FCC approval to support the Galileo Flight #11 that will place the 23rd and 24th spacecraft of the “Full Operational Capability” in their operational orbit of the Galileo navigation constellation for the EU.  The launch consists of 2 spacecraft that will be launched from French Guiana on November 23, 2021 at    01:07:49 UTC. USN has been contracted to support the Galileo spacecraft LEOP(s) for a period of up to 30 days as the spacecrafts are drifted towards their operational orbit.   

The spacecraft(s) are a Medium Earth Orbiting (MEO) spacecraft in a high mid-latitude orbit (57 degrees) with a near circular orbit of altitude of 23400 Km.  This orbit allows a nominal 1 visibility over the USN Hawaii station every day.  Each spacecraft contact is on the order of 1 to    16 hours.
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Cross-post; my bold:
Galileo - December 1
OneWeb - January 6


Orbital launches from French Guiana for the immediate future:
2021 Launched:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)

December 5 Midyear Sept NET late Nov end of Nov or beginning of Dec /NET Nov 22 23 Dec 1 2 3 4 - Galileo-FOC FM23 (Nikolina Patrick?), Galileo-FOC FM24 (Shriya) - Soyuz ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS26 TBD VS26 TBD VS27) - Kourou ELS - 00:19:20 01:07:49 TBD 00:35 00:31:27 00:27 00:23
(VV20 launched on November 16 UTC; approximately 2 weeks minimum between CSG launches; Galileo: launch 4 minutes earlier/day)

December 25 Oct 31 NET Nov NET mid Nov late Nov NET early Dec Dec Dec 18 NET 22 22 NET 24 24 - JWST (James Webb Space Telescope) - Ariane 5 ECA+ (VA256 TBD VA256 VA256?) - Kourou ELA-3 - 12:20 12:20 to 15:20 12:10 to 15:10 TBD 12:20 to 15:20 12:20 to 12:52
(approximately 2 weeks minimum between CSG launches)

2022 Planned launches:
Date - Satellite(s) - Rocket - Launch Site - Time (UTC)

February 20 TBD 2021? TBD 2022 TBD 2021 Nov 2021 Oct 2021 Nov/early Nov 2021 Dec 29, 2021 NET Jan 6?, 2022 - OneWeb (x34) Flight 14 13 TBD 13 - Soyuz-ST-B/Fregat-MT (VS27 TBD VS27 TBD VS26) - Kourou ELS
(approximately 2 weeks minimum between CSG launches; Christmas and New Year's holidays; approximately 3 weeks minimum between Soyuz-ST launches)

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IL-76 delivers Galileo satellites to Kourou.

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08. October 2021
Press Release
Here we go again: Next launch for OHB Galileo satellites
Launch campaign for FM 23&24 has begun


Bremen/Kourou, October 8, 2021. Yesterday, the first two Batch 3 Galileo satellites, which are to be placed in orbit on board a Soyuz launcher at the end of the year, arrived at the airport in Cayenne, French Guiana, for transportation to the spaceport in Kourou. This marks the ninth launch campaign for Galileo FOC. In its capacity as the industrial prime contractor for the FOC satellites, space company OHB is also responsible for overseeing the launch campaign and for carrying out the final checks on the satellite.

FM 23&24 are the first Galileo satellites to be launched into space since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic. As they had to pass through many stations and cross several national borders after leaving the Bremen plant, the logistics team have faced several organizational challenges ahead of the launch. “The satellites went from Bremen to the ESA test center in Noordwijk and subsequently to the airport in Liège in Belgium. We then flew to French Guiana via Portugal. Due to the coronavirus pandemic and the differing national requirements, coordinating everything proved to be quite a challenge,” says Henning Schall, responsible for Galileo project logistics at OHB.
Ninth Galileo FOC launch campaign

After arriving in Kourou, the satellites will undergo a fitness check and final software and hardware testing and will be filled with propellant. Once again, the launch preparations for FM 23&24 will be handled by a proven OHB team on site at the space station. OHB Launch Campaign Manager Alain Pajonk is part of the permanent team: “Between 2014 and 2018, we prepared a total of 22 FOC satellites for launches on board Soyus or Ariane 5 vehicles. You might think that it has now more or less become routine for us, but in reality each launch campaign is unique and we are continuously putting into practice what we have learned from earlier ones.” 
The next launch is just around the corner

FM 23&24 will be probably launched at the end of the year. And the next satellites are already in the starting blocks: FM 25&26 have since completed their acceptance review, thus demonstrating their functionality. Now they are awaiting their journey to Kourou, which will presumably be in April 2022.

“The full operational capability phase of the Galileo program is managed and fully funded by the European Union. The Commission and ESA have signed a delegation agreement under which ESA acts as design and procurement agent on behalf of the Commission. The views expressed in this Press Release can in no way be taken to reflect the opinion of the European Union and/or ESA. “Galileo” is a trademark subject to OHIM application number 002742237 by EU and ESA”

Source OHB: https://www.ohb.de/en/news/2021/here-we-go-again-next-launch-for-ohb-galileo-satellites

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SFN Launch Schedule, dated October 19:
Launch on December 1 at 00:35 UTC

(Equals November 30 at 9:35 pm in French Guiana.)
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The Guiana Space Center (French Guiana) began preparations for the launch of a Soyuz-ST launch vehicle with Galileo spacecraft. In accordance with the schedule of works on October 27, 2021 the calculation of specialists of the rocket and space center "Progress" with the participation of the Center for ground space infrastructure facilities operation (TsENKI, part of the State Corporation Roscosmos) completed the unloading of blocks of rocket "Soyuz-ST" and began assembling the "package" first and second stages.

Currently, the upper stage Fregat was delivered to the FCube structure to begin refueling. The refueling is being managed by specialists from the Lavochkin Science and Production Association and the Barmin Research Institute of Launch Complexes (a branch of TsENKI, both of which are part of Roscosmos).

"Soyuz in GKC is an international space project of Roskosmos, the European Space Agency, the National Space Research Center of France and the cooperation of leading rocket and space industry enterprises of Russia and France. As part of the project, specialists of CENKI at the Guiana Space Center built a special launch complex for the Soyuz-ST launch vehicles. Since the first launch on October 21, 2011, 25 Soyuz-ST rockets have already been launched.

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finally, mothballed for five years, Soyuz ST-B U15000-015

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Here's the assembled first and second stages.
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12/1/2021 - 9:31 PM (GMT-3) Launch VS26 GALILEO FOC M9
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launch 12/02/2021, 00:31 UTC  ???

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12/1/2021 - 9:31 PM (GMT-3) Launch VS26 GALILEO FOC M9
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launch 12/02/2021, 00:31 UTC  ???

The date is 1 December 2021, 9:31 pm local or 2 December 2021 00:31 UTC. They are using American date style for some reason.
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EUSPA ready for LEOP ahead of Galileo Launch 11
Published: 19 November 2021

We are less than two weeks away from the latest Galileo launch from the European Spaceport in Kourou, French Guyana. The Galileo Launch 11 is the first of a series of 6 launches (with two satellites per launch), and the EUSPA’s tightly-knit LEOP team is ready for a cooperative EU space mission!

The Galileo satellites 27 and 28 will be launched on-board of a Soyuz carrier on December 1, 2021 at 21:31:27, Kourou time – or 01:31:27 CET from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The 46m tall rocket will bring the Galileo satellites to their new home located 23,222 km above us, in its medium-Earth orbit.
Role of EUSPA in the launch 11

The EU Agency for the Space Programme (EUSPA) will be in charge of Launch and Early Orbit Phase (LEOP) operations which will be overseen by a tightly-knit team of specialists, ranging from spacecraft to ground engineers, from operations to design and manufacturing specialists, and from commanding through mission direction and project management.

LEOP is one of the most exciting and important phases of a space mission, as it handles the launch of the spacecraft, its travel into the correct orbit, gradually switching on the spacecraft platform to test the core satellite elements.
Let’s rewind to the beginning…

Soon after the spacecraft separates from the launcher, an initialisation sequence will be automatically triggered by the On-Board Data Handling software to bring the satellites to a ‘breathing point’. This is the point at which the satellite’s attitude is stable and pointing towards the sun, and its solar arrays are deployed to provide full charging power to its batteries. At this stage the satellite is thermally stable, ensuring adequate temperature ranges for all units, and a stable link to the ground.

Later on, the spacecraft internal reaction wheels will be tested to ensure that the spacecraft can hold its momentum, and can execute simple rotation manoeuvres without spending its limited fuel in thrusting activities. The teams will proceed to celebrate once the spacecraft uses these wheels to rotate towards the earth to achieve the most stable attitude for its future operations.  After that, and to finish the activities, the satellite couple will part ways and be put into the direction of their own orbital positions, by means of a set of Drift Start manoeuvres.

Altogether, the LEOP will take about 10 days, beginning with a system countdown a few hours before the launch, all the way up to the execution of the drift start manoeuvres (i.e. sending the spacecraft from the injection to its target position in orbit), later followed by complete commissioning and In Orbit Tests, that will eventually lead the spacecraft to entering into Galileo service provision.

The LEOP operations will be conducted and commanded from the Galileo Control Centre in Oberpfaffenhofen, Germany. Working together with SpaceOpal and its GSOp consortium (DLR-GfR mbH, GSOC and Telespazio), in cooperation with CNES CSG and ESA, EUSPA is responsible for the different stages of the LEOP operations, which will eventually allow the new satellites to be inserted into the Galileo constellation.

Endorsed by the EUSPA Security Accreditation Board, responsible for the security approval of the satellite launches, Galileo LEOP operations will constitute one of the most cooperative activities between numerous European entities in the space sector.

Source: https://www.euspa.europa.eu/newsroom/news/euspa-ready-leop-ahead-galileo-launch-11

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https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1462159904387612672

https://twitter.com/DutchSpace/status/1462163180717842446

Apparently no comment from @Dutchspace about the satellite nicknames.
I have found information about this, but am waiting for confirmation before I write anything about it.

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