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Thales Alenia Space built Sentinel 1A satellite ready for launch

Rome, Italy - It is the first satellite in Europe's vast Earth Observation program Copernicus

The European Space Agency's Sentinel-1A satellite, designed and built by Thales Alenia Space, is ready to be launched from the Guiana Space Center in French Guiana this evening, using a Soyuz-Fregat A launcher. Sentinel-1A is the first satellite in Europe's vast Earth Observation program Copernicus (formerly known as GMES), coordinated by the European Commission, with the European Space Agency (ESA)...

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Rome, Italy, 04/03/2014 16:40
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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