Starsem wins contract to launch Venus Express
Posted: Wed, Jun 18, 2003, 9:35 AM ET (1335 GMT)
The Franco-Russian company Starsem announced Tuesday that it had won a contract from the European Space Agency to launch the Venus Express spacecraft. Venus Express, a Venus orbiter modeled closely after the recently-launched Mars Express orbiter, will be launched on a Soyuz from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in November 2005. Starsem also launched Mars Express and the Beagle 2 lander on a Soyuz earlier this month. The value of the launch contract was not announced.
The Franco-Russian company Starsem announced Tuesday that it had won a contract from the European Space Agency to launch the Venus Express spacecraft. Venus Express, a Venus orbiter modeled closely after the recently-launched Mars Express orbiter, will be launched on a Soyuz from Baikonur, Kazakhstan in November 2005. Starsem also launched Mars Express and the Beagle 2 lander on a Soyuz earlier this month. The value of the launch contract was not announced.
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