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NASA selects ULC for the launch of the Solar Orbiter

Houston, USA - The liftoff is scheduled in 2017

American space agency NASA has selected United Launch Services to launch the Solar Orbiter Collaboration mission to study the sun in July 2017. The liftoff of the spacecraft will take place on an Atlas V 411 rocket from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida. The Solar Orbiter is a collaborative mission between the European Space Agency and NASA to study the sun and...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1159148
Rome, Italy, 03/20/2014 16:12
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