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OPTSAT-3000 Earth observation satellite for Italy’s MoD is ready to be launched

Rome, Italy - It is scheduled for Wednesday 2 August from Kourou

Leonardo announced that the Italian Ministry of Defence’s (MoD) OPTSAT-3000 satellite is ready to be launched. It is scheduled for Wednesday 2 August at 1:58 UTC from the Kourou European spaceport in French Guyana. OPTSAT-3000 consists of a satellite in a sun-synchronous LEO (Low Earth Orbit) orbit and of a Ground Segment for in-orbit control and for data acquisition and processing. OPTSAT-3000 will p...

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Rome, Italy, 08/01/2017 07:39
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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