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    ESRO-2B or Iris (International Radiation Investigation Satellite; sometimes Iris 2) or sometimes ESRO II (or ESRO 2), was a European astrophysical spin-stabilised...
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  • The European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) was an international organisation founded by 10 European nations with the intention of jointly pursuing...
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    part of ESRO, was already operating its first mission, ESRO-2B, a scientific research satellite and the first of many operated from ESOC for ESRO, and later...
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  • Research Organization for their low-Earth-orbit satellites starting with ESRO-2. The agreement was approved by the Parliament of Norway in mid 1966. Part...
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    ESRO resulted in TSS providing telemetry for ESRO-IA, ESRO-IB, ESRO-2B, HEOS-1, HEOS-2, TD-1A and ESRO-4, all of which had low Earth orbits. The two...
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    2 commemorative coins are special euro coins that have been minted and issued by member states of the eurozone since 2004 as legal tender in all eurozone...
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    COS-B was the first European Space Research Organisation (ESRO) mission to study cosmic gamma ray sources. COS-B was first put forward by the European...
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    Centaure 1 ESRO C31 / 1 Ionosphere Europe ESRO 77 1967 December 6 Kiruna Kiruna C Centaure 1 ESRO C31 / 2 Ionosphere Europe ESRO 80 1968 February 2 Thumba...
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    Kongsfjord Telemetry Station was to track and communicate with the ESRO-1 and ESRO-2 satellites. Royal Norwegian Council for Scientific and Industrial...
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    location is ideal for many of these purposes. Esrange was built in 1964 by ESRO, the European Space Research Organisation, which later became European Space...
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