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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11341

24 June 2015
Contents Publication in full By article 22 / 33
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) internal market
Successful launch of second Copernicus satellite

Brussels, 23/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - The second satellite, Sentinel 2A, in Europe's Earth observation programme “Copernicus”, was successfully launched into orbit on Tuesday night 23 June. Sentinel 2A is part of a constellation of 20 satellites whose mission is to observe the Earth and collect data at very high speed. Jean-Jacques Dordain, the director-general of the European Space Agency, was pleased that this project aimed to “provide European citizens with more comprehensive data...

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