5 March
2003: On 5 March 2003, the inauguration ceremony took place for the European Space Agency’s first deep space ground station in New Norcia, 150 kilometres north of Perth, Australia.
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1989: On 6 March 1989, ESA's Meteosat 4 launched from Kourou, French Guiana.
Meteosat 4 is a geostationary meteorological satellite, operating within the world-wide network of the World Weather Watch of the World Meteorological Organization (WMO). Its main missions are imaging in the visible, infrared and water vapour region of the spectrum.
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4 March
1923 : On 4 March 1923, Sir Patrick (Alfred Caldwell) Moore was born.
3 March
1997: On 3 March 1997, ESA announced that its Huygens probe was ready to be shipped to the United States.
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