Pléiades 1B set for Launch on December 1, 2012

Astrium Services is pleased to announce to customers, partners and the remote-sensing industry that Arianespace has set the launch of Pléiades 1B for Saturday, December 1, 2012 at 2:01 UT. The second satellite in the Pléiades constellation will be launched by a Soyuz rocket from Europe’s spaceport in French Guiana.

Once Pléiades 1B has joined Pléiades 1A in orbit, they will form a constellation of identical twin satellites operated by Astrium Services. The two satellites will be phased 180 degrees apart on the same orbit to ensure daily revisits to any point on the globe. Read more...

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