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Successful launch of the Sentinel-3A satellite of Thales Alenia Space -VIDEO

Rome, Italy - It will carry out a number of oceanography, environmental and climate change study missions

The Sentinel-3A satellite, built by Thales Alenia Space for the European Space Agency (ESA), was successfully launched yesterday from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, on a Rockot launch vehicle. One of the cornerstones in Europe’s vast Copernicus program, the Sentinel-3A satellite features a payload with four state-of-the-art instruments: an altimeter coupled with a microwave radiometer for surface t...

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Rome, Italy, 02/17/2016 09:27
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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