Eurockot To Launch ESA Swarm Satellites

摘要

Three European Space Agency (ESA) satellites designed to study the Earth's magnetic field will be launched together on a Russian Rockot vehicle operated by the German-Russian Eurockot Launch Services company under a contract signed April 9, Eurockot and ESA announced. The organizations also signed a separate contract for the launch of a yet-undetermined ESA Earth observation or science satellite.rnBremen, Germany-based Eurockot will design an adaptor to separate the three Swarm spacecraft from the Rockot vehicle's upper stage in a launch now planned in mid-2012.