Boosting capability: Santa Maria station joins ESTRACK tracking station network

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English - January 18, 2008 09:30 - 4 minutes - 2.81 MB Video - ★★★★★ - 1 rating
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The Santa Maria station (SMA) tracking footprint covers a large portion of the Atlantic ocean. The first launch to be tracked from Santa Maria will take place in early 2008, when Jules Verne, the first Automated Transfer Vehicle (ATV) to be sent to the International Space Station, lifts off from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana on board an Ariane 5 launcher.

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