Europe’s two latest Galileo navigation satellites touched down on 7th May at Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana, ready for their joint launch this summer.

Packed safely within protective and environmentally controlled containers, the satellites were carried across the Atlantic aboard a 747 cargo carrier.

Twin Galileo containers as flown into French Guiana overnight 6th/7th May

The Galileo satellites unloaded at Cayenne-Félix Eboué Airport in French Guiana