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Two European satellites blast off into orbit

Two European satellites blast off into orbit

(NECN/ESA) - The European Space Agency (ESA) launched two satellites on top of a Russian rocket in northern Russia on Monday. The two satellites SMOS (Soil Moisture and Ocean Salinity) and PROBA-2 ( Project for Onboard Autonomy) were launched from the Cosmodrome early on Monday morning from the city of Plesetsk. Their function is to study planet Earth. The SMOS spacecraft is to make the first global maps of the amount of moisture held in soils and of the quantity of salts dissolved in the oceans. read more

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Tags:. .plesetsk. .cosmodrome. .autonomy. .proba. .necn

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