Europe Launches Two Satellites On A Russian Rockot

Credit: EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY
Controllers in Toulouse and in Redu, Belgium, are checking out the European Space Agency’s (ESA) Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) satellite and Project for Onboard Autonomy (Proba-2), respectively, after a successful launch Nov. 1 from Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome on a Rockot vehicle. Liftoff...

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