On Friday, ESA began a four-year mission to study the Earth’s magnetic field with the launch of the three-satellite Swarm constellation into Earth orbit. Packed “like sardines” in their fairing, the unmanned spacecraft lifted off at 12:02 GMT (1:02 PM CET) from the Plesetsk space port in northern Russia atop a Rockot launcher... Continue Reading Swarm satellite launch marks start of four-year mission
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Tags: ESA, Launch, Magnetic, Satellite, Spacecraft, Swarm
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