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ESA agrees to press ahead with 2013 Sentinel launch
14 June 2012
The European Space Agency (ESA) on June 14 agreed to proceed with the launch of the Sentinel 1A environmental satellite in late 2013 following an indication - but no commitment - from the European Commission that it will consider operating the satellite and a fleet of others like it, ESA officials said.
The 19-nation ESA will immediately begin negotiations with Europe's Arianespace launch consortium to secure a three-month launch window for Sentinel 1A starting in October 2013. The satellite will be launched aboard a Europeanized Russian Soyuz rocket from Europe's Guiana Space Center in French Guiana.
ESA and the European Commission - the executive arm of the 27-nation European Union - have been at loggerheads over Sentinel 1A and the other components of the Global Monitoring for Environment and Security (GMES) program for a year.
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Source: Space News
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