Russia's Rokot Carrier Rockets to Launch two ESA Satellites

Russia's Rokot carrier rockets will take two European Space Agency (ESA) scientific satellites to orbit in 2012-2013, the head of the ESA Moscow Office said on Monday."We have signed contracts for two launches of ESA remote sensing satellites on Russia's Rokot carrier rockets," Rene Pischel said.

The first launch will deliver to orbit the SWARM satellite, which will survey the geomagnetic field of the Earth.

It is unknown what spacecraft will be conveyed into space on the second Rokot, but [...]

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