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Soyuz ready for Friday launch of Pleiades 1B at Kourou

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  • 29-11-2012 3:52pm
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    Capt'n Midnight
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    http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Soyuz_ready_for_Friday_launch_of_Pleiades_1B_at_Kourou_999.html
    Arianespace's fourth Soyuz for launch from the Spaceport in French Guiana is now undergoing final checkout for a November 30 evening liftoff following installation of its Pleiades 1B observation satellite atop the medium-lift vehicle.

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    The dual-use Pleiades 1B spacecraft has a fueled mass of approximately 1 metric ton, and is designed to offer optical imaging coverage for French and European defense ministries, institutions and civil users.

    Operating from a 695-km. circular orbit, it will join the twin Pleiades 1A satellite launched by Arianespace last December on Soyuz' second mission from the Spaceport.


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