Checkout Of Helios IIB Is Complete

The French government has formally taken in-orbit delivery of the Helios IIB remote-sensing spacecraft. The Astrium-developed spacecraft was launched on Dec. 18, 2009, and has since undergone checkout in orbit. With the handover to French space agency CNES on behalf of French armaments agency DGA...

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