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Copernicus ROSE-L Satellite Contract Awarded To Thales

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Tom Patton
Dec 09, 2020
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ESA has awarded a $585 million contract for the Copernicus ROSE-L (Radar Observation System for Europe in L-band) satellite to Thales Alenia Space. ROSE-L is an environmental monitoring satellite that is part of Europe's Copernicus program.

"ROSE-L will provide additional European radar imaging capacity above and beyond that provided by Sentinel-1 and th…

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