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France sending its most capable optical spy satellite into space today

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France is launching its CSO 2 spy satellite into space from its Guiana Space Center in South America today.

Galileo launch on Soyuz, 21 Oct 2011 (6266755728)
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The satellite will be carried into space using a Russian Soyuz ST-A rocket. It is the second in the Composante Spatiale Optique series. The first satellite was launched in 2018. The CSO 2 will have the highest resolution camera for a European reconnaissance satellite.

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