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Airbus-ESA: contract signed for Bartolomeo platform on the ISS

Scheduled for launch in March

The Bartolomeo platform from Airbus gives new opportunities for research on the International Space Station (ISS). The European Space Agency ESA has now firmly booked a payload slot for a Norwegian instrument to monitor plasma density in the Earth's atmosphere.The platform -named after Christopher Columbus' younger brother- is currently in the final stage of launch preparation at the industry in Bremen...

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