The European Space Agency on Monday (16 March) was set to launch a state-of-the art satellite from a former Cold War cosmodrome in northern Russia, using a converted ballistic missile.
Scheduled for take-off at 15.21 Brussels time, the EU's GOCE satellite (Gravity field and steady-state ocean circulation explorer) will monitor earth gravity and ocean movements, as part of a broader exploration programme developed by the European Space Agency aimed at better understanding climate change....
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