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Umpteenth postponement of the MetOp satellite's launch

Rome, Italy - The causes of the technical damage are unknown

There was an umpteenth postponement of European MetOp satellite’s launch (see for details AVIONEWS). Yesterday, two minutes before of the put in orbit of the satellite, European Space Agency blocked, for the third consecutive day, the count down at Russian Baikonur base, Kazakhstan. Immediatly the Russian-European technical team, that already in the last days repaired the satellite, re-started the m...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 145342
Rome, Italy, 07/20/2006 14:23
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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