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Thales Alenia Space to build SWOT oceanography satellite

Rome, Italy - The industry has been selected by French space Agency CNES

Thales Alenia Space announced that it has been selected by French space agency CNES (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) to build the oceanography satellite SWOT (Surface Water and Ocean Topography). Produced in collaboration with US space agency NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) on behalf of the French and American space agencies, SWOT is an oceanography program that will demonstrate new a...

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Rome, Italy, 01/07/2015 14:20
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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