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AVIO: two new satellites OPTSAT 3000 e VENµS

Rome, Italy - Both built by the Israeli Aircraft Agency (IAI)

VEGA, the Italian launch system developed by AVIO, announced that it had signed a contract for two new satellites: the French-Israeli satellite VENµS and the Italian satellite OPTSAT 3000, both built by the Israeli Aircraft Industry (IAI). OPTSAT 3000 is a high resolution Earth observation satellite developed for the Italian Ministry of Defense and thanks to the industry collaboration between...

fra/pec - 1158562
Rome, Italy, 02/21/2014 14:42
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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