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Date: 11 December 2013 Satellite: Gaia Location: S3 building, Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana Copyright: ESA - M. Pédoussaut Show in archive: true
The Gaia spacecraft is positioned inside the Soyuz fairing, in preparation for the 19 December 2013 launch. The spacecraft (orange) was attached to the vehicle adapter (yellow) before being installed in the fairing.
Launch is scheduled for 9:12:19 GMT (10:12:19 CET) on 19 December 2013.