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Soyuz launches Gaia

Submit on Thursday, December 19th, 2013 22:59

Rocket: Soyuz-STB/Fregat; Payload: Gaia; Date: 19 December 2013, 0912 UTC; Launch site: Sinnamary, French Guiana. The workhorse launcher performed a powered phase of its three lower stages, and two burns of the autonomous Fregat upper stage to deploy Gaia, which had an estimated lift-off mass of 2,034 kg and was released 41 minutes and 59 seconds after lift-off.

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