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Venus express' contract signature
24 January 2003
ESA PR 07-2003. The European Space Agency (ESA) and Astrium will sign, on Tuesday 28
January, at ESA HQ at 02:00 p.m., a contract for the design and
development of Venus Express, the first European spacecraft to visit the
planet Venus.
Venus Express is scheduled for launch from the Baïkonur Cosmodrome in
Kazakhstan during November 2005. It will be carried into space by a
Soyuz-Fregat rocket and placed immediately in its transfer orbit to Venus.
Its journey through space will last about 5 months for a mission duration
around Venus of nearly 2 venusian years.
Media representatives wishing to attend the signature à ESA HQ (8/10, rue
Mario Nikis - Paris15) are kindly requested to complete the attached
accreditation form and return it, preferably by fax, to the ESA Media
Relations Service in Paris (Fax: +33.1.5369.7690).
For further information please contact:
ESA Media Relations Service
Tel: +33.1.5369.7155
Fax: +33.1.5369.7690
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