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Time lapse of Soyuz flight VS06, with Gaia

Date: 09 January 2014
Copyright: ESA–S. Corvaja, M. Pedoussaut, 2013

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

This time lapse movie shows the deployment test of Gaia's sunshield, the encapsulation of Gaia by the launcher fairing, the transfer of the Soyuz from the assembly building to the launch pad, and the lift off.

Last Update: 1 September 2019
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