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It will be launched on April Sirtf, the US telescope to study the space deeps

Cape Canaveral, Usa - It will be an USD 1,2bn infrared telescope

Nasa has decided to postpone for April 27 the launch of the new space telescope that had been initially scheduled for this week: it will be performed at 4:25 am (8:25 GMT) from the space center of Cape Canaveral-Florida. The satellite named Sirtf (Space Infrared Telescope Facility), whose realization has cost USD 1,2bn, will be carried in orbit with Delta II carrier rocket, and it will allow to watch...

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Rome, Italy, 04/15/2003 12:15
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