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Italian ASI: Prisma satellite launch postponed

Due to security reasons; new date set

Asi, the Italian space agency, announced yesterday in a note that it is set for 2:50 am (Italian time) the night between 21 and 22 March, the liftoff of the Italian satellite, Prisma (PRecursore IperSpettrale della Missione Applicativa). It is a prototype mission of the Italian Space Agency developed to test hyperspectral technologies for Earth observation. It is an innovative satellite equipped with...

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Rome, Italy, 03/13/2019 17:45
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AerospacePrisma (2). Vega: 14th launch, an all Italian mission

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Italy is behind tonight’s 14th successful VEGA space launcher mission, built by Avio. At about 3AM tonight, the rocket produced in Colleferro, near Rome, took off from the space base in French Guiana, b... more

AerospacePrisma satellite launched (Italian Asi): take-off aboard Vega launcher

It will provide hyperspectral images of Earth -VIDEO

Starting tonight Italy’s PRISMA satellite has begun its mission orbiting Earth. Its hyperspectral eyes will soon observe and acquire new images of Earth giving insight into its natural resources. PRISMA i... more

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