Airbus-Built CO3D Constellation Successfully Launched to Map Our Planet in 3D
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In a context where space exploration redefines the boundaries of the possible, a major technological advance has just taken place. Four satellites have been launched with the mission of mapping the Earth in three dimensions. But beyond innovation, what impacts will these new data have on our understanding of the world and on the geopolitical strategies to come? In a clear sky, satellites have set off from the Guyana Space Centre, embarking with …
Arianespace launches CO3D constellation and MicroCarb satellite - SatellitePro ME
Photo credit: Arianespace Arianespace has completed the VV27 mission, successfully launching four CO3D satellites for Airbus Defence and Space alongside the French space agency CNES’s MicroCarb satellite aboard a Vega C rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. The CO3D constellation satellites were deployed into a 495 km Sun-synchronous orbit in pairs, 54 minutes after lift-off. MicroCarb, riding as an auxiliary payload, was placed in a …
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