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Airbus to deliver radar instrument for new Copernicus mission

Its launch planned in July 2027

Airbus has been selected by Thales Alenia Space (TAS) to build the advanced radar instrument for the "Radar Observatory System for Europe in L-band" (ROSE-L) mission. Airbus Defence and Space in Friedrichshafen (Germany) will head an industrial consortium for the radar instrument involving companies from nine countries to deliver the project. The contract, awarded to the industry by the mission's...

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Friedrichshafen, Germany, 12/04/2020 10:56
AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency

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