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Arianespace, with Russian Soyuz, ready to take CSO-2 French military satellite to orbit – NASASpaceflight.com
The 114th and final orbital launch of 2020 saw a Soyuz ST-A rocket loft the…
The 114th and final orbital launch of 2020 saw a Soyuz ST-A rocket loft the CSO-2 Earth observation satellite for the French Ministry of Defence.
Liftoff occurred at 16:42:07 UTC (11:42:07 EST) on 29 December from the ELS (Ensemble de Lancement Soyouz) launchpad at the Guiana Space Centre in French Guiana, an overseas department of France.
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The only passenger on the 10th and final flight for Arianespace this year — the fifth using the Soyuz — is the Composante Spatiale Optique -2 (CSO-2)…
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