Next Media: Gaia 'billion star surveyor' satellite set to be launched
  • 6 years ago
The European Space Agency's star surveyor, Gaia, will be launched into space early Thursday December 19, 2013. Gaia will be launched from the European Spaceport in Kourour, French Guiana. From space, it will monitor each of its target stars about 70 times over a five-year-period, recording vital statistics such as brightness, colour and temperature.
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