European Space Agency's Envisat-1 in final preparations for Feb. 28 launch
After a delay of several months, the European Space Agency's enormous Envisat-1 satellite has now been mated to its Ariane 5 rocket and is in final preparations for launch the evening of Feb. 28. Requiring more than 10 years of development by nearly 100 companies in 14 European countries, the 18,700...
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