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Boeing launched 4th Earth-Observation satellite for Italy

Rome, Italy - It was the 350th Delta rocket launch in the program's 50-year history

The Boeing Company on Nov. 5 successfully launched the last in a series of four SkyMed spacecraft for the Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO). A Delta II rocket, procured from United Launch Alliance for Thales Alenia Space, lifted off from pad Space Launch Complex-2W, Vandenberg Air Force Base, at 7:20 pm Pacific time. The COSMO SkyMed-4 spacecraft...

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Rome, Italy, 11/08/2010 14:48
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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