Gaia to lift off from Europe?s Spaceport on a Soyuz launcher

Gaia, ESA?s next-generation star mapper, will be carried into space by a Soyuz-STB/Fregat launch vehicle from Europe?s Spaceport in French Guiana. David Southwood, ESA?s Director of Science and Robotic Exploration, signed the contract for the launch with Jean-Yves LeGall, Chairman and CEO of Arianespace, at ESA Headquarters in Paris yesterday.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMOVL9K73G_index_0.html

Time: 16. Dec. 2009

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Topics: europe, from, gaia, spaceport