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Metop-B European weather satellite is ready for launch

Paris, France - It has passed its final checks at the Baikonur cosmodrome

Metop-B, the European polar orbiting weather satellite designed and manufactured by Astrium, Europe’s leading space technology company, is now ready to launch from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. From its polar orbit 817 kilometres above Earth, Metop-B will provide a broad range of measurements vital to weather forecasting and climate monitoring. The many components and instruments manufactured f...

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Rome, Italy, 09/06/2012 19:14
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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