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Boeing Launches Second Italian Earth Observation Satellite

The Boeing Company, through its commercial launch business, today successfully launched the second of four Italian Constellation of Small Satellites for Mediterranean basin Observation (COSMO) SkyMed spacecraft aboard a Delta II rocket for Thales Alenia Space Italia from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California at 6:31 p.m. Pacific time.

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Susan Wells
The Boeing Company
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The Boeing Company
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The Boeing Company
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