A Russian-built Rockot delivery system successfully launched the Swarm mission into low-Earth orbit today, November 22, at 12:02 GMT (13:02 CET), officials from the European Space Agency (ESA) announce. The purpose of Swarm is to analyze Earth's magnetic field and its properties. The rocket successfully injected the three spacecraft into a near-polar orbit around Earth, at an altitude of 490 kilometers (304.5 miles). The satellites were released from a dispenser mechanism in...
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