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Italy and France will launch a satellite for Military and Civil Defense

Paris, France - The cooperation project will become real in 2010

The President of the Italian Space Agency (ASI), Sergio Vetrella, and the President of the French Space Researches Centre (CNES), Yannick d’Escatha, signed a cooperation agreement in Paris to launch a wideband geostationary satellite for military and civil defense activities. It weights 3 tons, has over 2 GB/s transmission capacity and about 4 KW payload. The agreement is a part of ORFEO (Cosmo SkyMed e...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 143325
Rome, Italy, 06/22/2006 16:49
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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