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russia’s soyuz launches two galileo navigation satellies into orbit from french guiana

The Guiana Space Center operator Arianespace launched two Galileo navigation satellites into orbit on-board of Soyuz-ST-B carrier, the Russian Federal Space Agency (Roscosmos) announced. The launch was conducted after two days of delay due to bad weather. According to Roscosmos, the main reason for launching the satellite from the Guiana Space Center is that the Soyuz rockets can carry 15% more payload, and reach the orbit faster.

In the following years, Russia will launch six more Galileo navigation satellites into orbit.

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NATO Leaders Approve 5% Defense Spending Goal

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At the NATO Summit in The Hague, Netherlands, allied leaders approved a final declaration pledging to allocate 5% of GDP to defense by 2035. The declaration reaffirmed commitment to NATO’s collective defense and included 3.5% for core military spending and 1.5% for infrastructure, civil preparedness, and resilience. Aid to Ukraine will count toward these figures.

The next summit will be hosted by Türkiye in 2026.

President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan met with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer, and French President Emmanuel Macron. He emphasized Türkiye’s cooperation with Germany, EU accession goals, the importance of sustaining calm between Israel and Iran, a just peace in Ukraine, and improving conditions in Syria for refugee return

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