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European satellite can map Earth multiple times a day, set to boost defence monitoring capability

Europe successfully delivered its Earth Observation Satellite into orbit along with four auxiliary payloads including SunStorm, RadCube and BRO-4. The Earth observation satellite, Pléiades Neo-4 has been developed by Airbus Defence and Space, which is second in the constellation of four satellites to provide high-resolution images of Earth’s surface. "The data will be used to boost near-real-time emergency service response capabilities over the next 10 years," ESA said adding that Pléiades Neo-4 joins Pléiades Neo-3, which was launched on Vega’s first launch earlier this year. "The SunStorm demonstrates a novel ant-sized silicon drift detector planned to be used on the ESA Lagrange space weather mission," ESA said.

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