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Plesetsk (Russia)

Type: City
Name: Plesetsk (Russia)
Country: Russia
Latitude: 62.720001
Longitude: 40.279999
population: 10,870
First Reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Space Science)
MOSCOW, November 20 (Itar-Tass) - The Kosmos-2455 military satellite has been successfully placed in the target orbit.RF Space Forces commander?s information support aide Lieutenant-Colonel Alexei Zolotukhin told Itar-Tass that the ?Soyuz-U carrier rocket ... [Itar Tass - 17 hours ago]
First Reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 Documents (in Space Science)
Russia launched a military spy satellite into space Friday on a Soyuz rocket from the country's Plesetsk Cosmodrome, according to the defense ministry.The secret payload lifted off at 1044 GMT (5:44 a.m. EST), or in the early afternoon at Plesetsk, a ... [Spaceflight Now - 2 hours ago]
First Reported 11/02/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 33 Documents (in Environment)
PARIS -- A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space early Monday, the European Space Agency (ESA) said. The Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity (SMOS) ... [China Post - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 11/11/2009 - Updated 11/12/2009 - 2 Documents (in Space Science)
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Search All Our Sites - Powered By Bing EARTH OBSERVATION File image: Proba-2 by Staff WritersParis (UPI) Nov 11, 2009The European Space Agency's Proba-2 spacecraft platform is in its second week in orbit and scientists say its operational health is ... [Space Daily - 11/12/2009]
First Reported 11/03/2009 - Updated 11/03/2009 - 2 Documents (in Earth Science)
Probe to assess climate impact on Earth’s waterPARIS: A 315-million-euro satellite that will gauge the impact of climate change on the movement of water across land, air and sea was hoisted into space on Monday, the European Space Agency said. The Soil ... [Daily Times - 11/03/2009]
First Reported 10/29/2009 - Updated 10/29/2009 - 1 Documents (in Space Science)
The European Space Agency says it is ready for next week's launch of two of its environmental satellites -- SMOS and Proba-2.Both satellites are to be launched Monday at 2:50 a.m. local time aboard a Russian Rockot launcher from the Plesetsk cosmodrome ... [OfficialWire - 10/29/2009]
First Reported 06/15/2009 - Updated 06/15/2009 - 1 Documents
The first launches by the veteran Russian rocket Soyuz and a new light rocket called Vega from Europe's space base will be postponed to 2010, the European Space Agency (ESA) said on Monday.They had been scheduled to take place by the end of the year.A ... [Space Daily - 06/15/2009]
First Reported 09/07/2009 - Updated 09/07/2009 - 1 Documents
MOSCOW, Sept. 7 (Xinhua) -- Russia will begin to build a new space center in its far east in 2011, a government official said Monday.The three-stage construction project for the new Vostochny station will be completed in 2018, said Army General Nikolai ... [Xinhua News Agency - 09/07/2009]
First Reported 10/16/2009 - Updated 10/16/2009 - 1 Documents
LAUNCH PAD Fiel image. by Staff WritersMoscow, Russia (RIA Novosti) Oct 16, 2009Russia will spend an estimated 400 billion rubles ($13.5 billion) on the construction of the new Vostochny space center in its Far Eastern Amur Region, federal space agency ... [Space Daily - 10/16/2009]

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"We are extremely pleased with this double 'lucky strike' that will provide Europe with new tools to better understand our planet and climate change, as well as new technology breakthroughs that will enhance the competitiveness of European industry on the world-wide market, thus contributing to the global economy" said Jean-Jacques Dordain, ESA’s Director General, witnessing the launch from Plesetsk
...Achim Hahne, ESA's Project Manager for SMOS, said, "My whole team has been working very hard, hand in hand with industry, to get to this point and I thank everyone, both here in Plesetsk and in western Europe. I have just arrived in Plesetsk, so I am very happy to be here and share in this milestone moment with the launch team." FLV player ESA's Earth Explorer SMOS satellite will make global observations of soil moisture and ocean salinity...
Michel Courtois, ESA's Director of Technical and Quality Managment, said, "The encapsulation of the Proba-2 satellite was an emotional moment for the project team in Plesetsk. After five years of hard work, our satellite is one step closer to launch, ready to show the importance of in-orbit demonstration of new technologies."

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Soyuz rocket launches military payload [Spaceflight Now - 2 hours ago]
Kosmos-2455 military satellite successfully orb... [Itar Tass - 17 hours ago]
Russia Could Delay Maiden Launch Of Angara Rocket [Space Daily - 11/20/2009]
ESA spacecraft performing well in orbit [Space Daily - 11/12/2009]
ESA spacecraft performing well in orbit [Individual.com - 11/11/2009]
Probe to assess climate impact on Earth's water [Daily Times - 11/03/2009]
Probe tracks climate impact on water [Gulf Times - 11/03/2009]
Probe to track warming impact on water cycle [China Post - 11/03/2009]
Two European satellites blast off into orbit [NECN.com - 11/03/2009]
New probe to help predict extreme weather [Cosmos Magazine - 11/03/2009]
Russian rocket blasts European sats into orbit [Russia Today - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track climate change [News24.com - 11/02/2009]
Two newly launched ESA satellites in orbit [Individual.com - 11/02/2009]
Satellite launched to monitor climate change [Irish Times - 11/02/2009]
Europe probe tracks global warming impact on wa... [Yahoo! News - 11/02/2009]
Europe probe tracks global warming impact on water [AFP via Yahoo! - 11/02/2009]
Russia launches European satellites into space [Times of Oman - 11/02/2009]
Satellite that predicts floods is launched by E... [Mail Online UK - 11/02/2009]
Satellite launched to explore climate change [Xinhua News Agency - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - Americas - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - Africa - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - Middle East - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - europe - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - france - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - Science - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - culture - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's water [France24 - Business - 11/02/2009]
Russia launches two European satellites [People's Daily Online - 11/02/2009]
Satellite to track climate [iafrica.com - 11/02/2009]
Probe to track impact of warming on Earth's wat... [Yahoo! News - 11/02/2009]
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