MetOp-B is ESA test centre?s latest task of busy year

A large section of the giant MetOp-B weather satellite has been lowered into ESA?s largest vacuum chamber at the ESTEC Test Centre in the Netherlands, ready for engineers to subject it to prolonged space conditions ? their latest assignment in a busy year.

Link: http://www.esa.int/esaCP/SEMR7POZVAG_FeatureWeek_0.html

Time: 29. Jun. 2010

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