Wednesday, 23 December 2009

Arianespace To Launch Gaia For European Space Agency

Paris, France (SPX) Dec 22, 2009 - Gaia is a successor to the Hipparcos satellite launched by Arianespace in 1989. Gaia will be placed into deep space beyond lunar orbit by a Soyuz rocket launched from the Guiana Space Center (French Guiana) in 2012. The orbit will be of a Lissajous-type around the second Lagrange point (L2).

http://www.space-travel.com/reports/Arianespace_To_Launch_Gaia_For_European_Space_Agency_999.html

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