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NASA THEMIS mission adds five spacecraft to the Sun-Earth flotilla
02-16-2007 · European Space Agency (ESA)Tonight NASA plans to launch its five THEMIS scientific satellites onboard a Delta-2 rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida USA, to join the spacefleet of Sun-Earth connection explorers – four from the ESA Cluster mission and two from the CNSA/ESA Double Star mission.
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