Science news articles about 'plesetsk cosmodrome'

  • GOCE prepares for shipment to Russia

    ... – now fully reconfigured for launch in September, is currently being prepared for shipment on 29 July 2008 from ESA's test facilities in the Netherlands to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
  • GOCE begins its journey to launch site

    ... taken off aboard an Antonov-124 cargo aircraft for its flight to the Arkhangelsk Airport in Russia, en route to Russia’s Plesetsk Cosmodrome, about 800 km north of Moscow.
  • ESA ground team in simulation training for GOCE launch

    ... :21 CEST, 10 September 2008, from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome; the spacecraft arrived in Russia on 29 ... ESOC in Germany and the Launch Control Centre at Plesetsk, Russia. The GOCE team conducted previous ...
  • GOCE Earth explorer satellite to look at the Earth's surface and core

    ... be placed onto a low altitude near sun-synchronous orbit by a Russian Rockot vehicle launched from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Northern Russia, some 800 km north of Moscow. Lift- ...
  • Last-ever look at ESA's gravity satellite GOCE

    ... 10 September continue on schedule, an important milestone has just been achieved as engineers at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia say farewell to the satellite as it is encapsulated in the ...
  • Launch of GOCE delayed

    The preparatory activities for the launch of ESA's GOCE satellite from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia had to be stopped yesterday afternoon (Sunday 7 September) by Eurockot due to an ...
  • GOCE team gearing up for new launch date

    ... 2008 for the GOCE satellite. On 7 September, preparatory activities for the launch of GOCE from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia were stopped by Eurockot due to an anomaly identified in one ...
  • March launch planned for ESA's gravity mission

    ... GOCE by Eurockot Launch Services last October. An advance party from ESA has just arrived at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia to arrange logistical matters while the team of engineers will ...
  • ESA's gravity satellite moves to launch pad

    ... – encased in the protective two half shells of the launcher fairing – has been transported from the clean room and installed in the launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
  • GOCE ready for launch

    The Russian State Commission has given the go-ahead for GOCE to be launched today at 15:21 CET from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
  • ESA launches first Earth Explorer mission GOCE

    ... Space Agency (ESA) was lofted into a near-Sun-synchronous, low Earth orbit by a Rockot launcher lifting off from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northern Russia.
  • SMOS ready to ship to launch site

    ... , signifying that all the elements that make up the mission are in place for launch later this year. The satellite can now be prepared for its journey to the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia.
  • Proba-2 flies into its Russian launch site

    Proba-2 has reached Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it is being prepared for launch this November. Among the smallest satellites ever built by ESA, it was transported there aboard an ...
  • SMOS arrives safely at Russian launch site

    ... Alenia Space in the south of France on 15 September, ESA’s SMOS Earth Explorer has arrived safely at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia, where it will be prepared for launch on 2 November.
  • Final look at ESA's SMOS and Proba-2 satellites

    ... patterns and the role they play in the climate system. Both Proba-2 and SMOS have been at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in northern Russia since September, initially taking turns in the cleanroom for the ...

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