First European Polar-orbiting Weather Satellite Poised for Summer Launch
Credit: ALCATEL SPACE
While the U.S. vacillates over the future of its next polar-orbiting satellite system, Europe is set to launch the first of its Metop weather spacecraft, which will supply data for one of the U.S. network's three orbits. Europe's Metop-1 is to be launched on July 17 from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, atop...
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