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The COROT European satellite aboard of the "Soyuz-2/1B" Russian vehicle

Moscow, Russia - Launch scheduled for the second mid of December

In the second mid of December 2006, the "Soyuz-2/1B" Russian space vehicle will take off from the Baikonur cosmodrome and it will take in orbit the COROT European satellite. This satellite will have the assessment to observe the fluctuation of the stars for a long time, but at the same time, it will explore the stellar convention and the stars' internal rotation. The project is on back of the National...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 69597
Rome, Italy, 11/19/2006 16:12
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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