Photo: Galileo IOV take-off

Source: European Space Agency
Posted Friday, October 12, 2012

12 October 2012: Soyuz lifts off for the third time from Europe�s Spaceport in French Guiana on its mission to place the second pair of Galileo In-Orbit Validation satellites into orbit. Credits: ESA�S. Corvaja, 2012. Larger image.

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