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    • Title Rockot launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome
    • Released 18/11/2013 10:27 am
    • Copyright ESA–S. Corvaja, 2013
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      The launch tower at the Plesetsk Cosmodrome on 18 November, 2013.

      ESA’s Swarm mission is ready for launch on a Russian Rockot on 22 November at 12:02 GMT (13:02 CET), from the Plesetsk cosmodrome. The three-satellite Swarm mission aims to unravel one of the most mysterious aspects of our planet: the magnetic field.

      Swarm is ESA’s fourth Earth Explorer mission, following GOCE, SMOS and CryoSat.

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    • Activity Observing the Earth
    • Mission Swarm
    • System SWARM Satellites, Fairing
    • Location Plesetsk

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