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Article: Russia to launch two European satellites
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- The Hindustan Times
- Article date:
- October 6, 2009
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Moscow, Oct 6 (RIA Novosti) Russia will launch two European satellites Nov 2 from the Plesetsk space center in northwest Russia, a report said Tuesday.
The dry run of the launch began early October at the space center as per schedule.
"The launch is scheduled for Nov 2. A deal to launch Rockot with the SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) spacecraft [primary payload] and the Proba-2 mini-satellite was concluded between the ESA (European Space Agency) and Eurockot Launch Services GmbH (a joint venture of the Khrunichev center and EADS Astrium)," a Khrunichev center report said.
Once in orbit at an ...