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Gaia liftoff


Date: 18 December 2013
Satellite: Gaia
Location: Soyuz launch pad, Centre Spatial Guyanais, Kourou, French Guiana
Copyright: ESA - S. Corvaja, 2013

Soyuz VS06, with Gaia, lifted off from Europe's Spaceport, French Guiana, on 19 December 2013.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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