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Configuration
| Specification | Galileo (satellite navigation system) | M-1956 load-carrying equipment |
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| Country/ies of origin | European Union[source] | — |
| Operator(s) | EUSPA , ESA[source] | — |
| Type | Civilian , commercial[source] | individual load-carrying equipment (ILCE)[source] |
| Status | Initial services[source] | — |
| Coverage | Global[source] |
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| Accuracy | 20 cm (public since 24 January 2023)[source] | — |
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| Nominal satellites | 24[source] | — |
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| Current usable satellites | 28[source] | — |
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| First launch | 28 December 2005[source] | — |
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| Last launch | 17 December 2025[source] | — |
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| Total launches | 14[source] | — |
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| Regime | 3 × MEO planes[source] | — |
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| Orbital height | 23 222 km[source] | — |
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| Orbital period | 10 ⁄ 17 sd (about 14 hours 4 minutes 45 seconds)[source] | — |
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| Revisit period | 10 sidereal days[source] | — |
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| Cost | €10 billion (initial constellation)[source] | — |
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| Website | gsc-europa.eu (European GNSS Service Centre)[source] | — |
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| Manufacturer | OHB[source] | — |
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| Origin reported by article | European Union[source] | — |
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| Designer | — | developed by the U.S. Army[source] |
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| Introduction | — | early 1960s[source] |
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| Configuration | — | quickly configured, using no tools, to accommodate various mission and ammunition loads[source] |
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| Historical service | — | The M-1956 LCE remained in service through the 1980s and set the standard for future United States military load-carrying equipment.[source]Own lead US-developed/issued equipment service history; current exact Thai/Philippine/Cambodian list observations retained separately |
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| Material | — | olive drab cotton webbing[source] |
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| Attachment system | — | Slide keepers were used to attach the various pouches of the M-1956 equipment to the pistol belt.[source] |
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