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Boeing announces the launch of "Orbital Express"

Cape Canaveral , USA - The mission will last three months

Boeing has announced the launch from Cape Canaveral of "Orbital Express", satellite part of the DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency) program that will be tested for three months in order to asses the effective execution of autonomous on-orbit operations, like maintenance, fluids and component transfer, and inspections. The satellite, launched on the vehicle "Atlas V", is composed of...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1071132
Rome, Italy, 03/15/2007 14:33
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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