Juicing up our satellite: MetOp-B fuelled
From Luca (ESA), Baikonur, 31 August MetOp-B’s Reaction Control System (RCS) – the mission's thrusters – has been fuelled and pressurised in preparation for launch on 17 September. Fuelling MetOp-B...
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The day before launch, and the process of fuelling the Rockot launcher that will take Swarm into orbit has started at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Rockot launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. (ESA–S....
View ArticleJuicing up our satellite: MetOp-B fuelled
From Luca (ESA), Baikonur, 31 August MetOp-B’s Reaction Control System (RCS) – the mission’s thrusters – has been fuelled and pressurised in preparation for launch on 17 September. Fuelling MetOp-B...
View ArticleGreen light to fuel rocket
The day before launch, and the process of fuelling the Rockot launcher that will take Swarm into orbit has started at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. Rockot launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome. (ESA–S....
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