FRENCH-ITALIAN ATHENA-FIDUS SATELLITE TO BE LAUNCHED BY ARIANESPACE
11 Feb 2010, 00:00 UTC
Arianespace has been selected to orbit the Athena-Fidus satellite within the scope of a contract signed by Thales Alenia Space and Telespazio and the French and Italian space agencies, CNES and ASI. An Ariane 5 or Soyuz vehicle is scheduled to launch this spacecraft - which will weigh about 3,000 kg. - from the Spaceport in French Guiana during the second half of 2013.
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