Europe's first polar-orbiting
Europe's first polar-orbiting satellite, Metop-1, was being prepared late last week for shipment to Baikonur Cosmo- drome, Kazakhstan, where it is on track for a June 30 launch on a Starsem Soyuz rocket. The EADS Astrium-build spacecraft will share responsibility for providing polar weather coverage...
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