Launch of Soyuz ST-A rocket with European satellite postponed

Archive December 01, 2012, 6:42

The Pleiades-1B satellite is meant for the European system of remote sensing of the Earth

PARIS, December 1 (Itar-Tass) —— The launch of a Soyuz ST-A rocket with a European optical high spatial resolution satellite Pleiades-1B from the French Guiana space site, has been postponed for a day, the Guiana Space Center has told Itar-Tass.

The Pleiades-1B satellite is meant for the European system of remote sensing of the Earth. This is going to be a fourth launch of the Soyuz rocket outside the territory of the former USSR.

 

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