Boeing: Boeing Launches Second Italian Earth Observation Satellite

Boeing Launches Second Italian Earth Observation Satellite

ST. LOUIS, Dec. 08, 2007 -- The Boeing Company, through its commercial launch business, today successfully launched the second of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO) SkyMed spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket for Thales Alenia Space Italia from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:31 p.m. Pacific time.

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The Boeing Company, through its commercial launch business, today successfully launched the second of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO) SkyMed spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket for Thales Alenia Space Italia. (Neg#: 071208a)

Photo Credit: Boeing Photo - Thom Baur

Neg #: 071208a

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The Boeing Company
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The Boeing Company
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