Metop-B arrives at launch site
Submit on Friday, March 9th, 2012 22:58
Metop-B, which is due to be launched on 23 May, safely arrived at its launch site this week. The polar-orbiting satellite was transported to the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan in an Antonov cargo plane, after being shipped from the Astrium factory in Toulouse, France.
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