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Message 5251 - Posted: 8 Jul 2004, 11:52:41 UTC
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EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY NEWS RELEASE
Posted: July 6, 2004
One of the European Space Agency's most ambitious current projects has the aim of compiling the most precise map of one thousand million stars in our galaxy.

Gaia, a spacecraft which will carry two of the most sensitive cameras ever made, is due to be launched in 2010.

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Message 5363 - Posted: 8 Jul 2004, 19:58:22 UTC

An exploded view of the Gaia satellite showing some of the system components
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