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Franco-Belgian satellite programme makes progress
A second Franco-Belgian Optical Space Component (CSO) military observation satellite was launched on 29 December 2019 from the Guyanese Space Centre, just before Belgian involvement in the predecessor Helios II programme expired on 31 December.
CSO-2 (pictured) features a very high-resolution optical instrument built by Thales Alenia Space.
Belgium has ...
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