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Postponed the launch of ESA meteorological satellite

Paris, France - Not specified the reasons for delaying

European meteorological satellite MetOp, by European Space Agency (ESA), will be put into orbit on June 30th 2006 and not on 17th, for reasons that have not been specified. MetOp is the first of three systems of this kind, which will be launched for Esa from the station of Baikonur in Kazakistan, with a Russian Soyuz rocket.

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 139690
Rome, Italy, 04/24/2006 18:26
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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