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DLR’s Suborbital MAPHEUS-17 Mission to Launch as Early as 1 October

DLR’s Suborbital MAPHEUS-17 Mission to Launch as Early as 1 October

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DLR's MAPHEUS-17 suborbital research mission is scheduled to launch from Sweden's Esrange Space Center as early as October 1. The agency's September 16 update confirmed that several key preflight tests had been completed, with final preparations now underway.

The German aerospace agency DLR’s MAPHEUS-17 suborbital research mission is slated to launch from Sweden’s Esrange Space Center as early as 1 October. In a 16 September update, the agency confirmed that several key preflight tests had been completed and that final preparations for the mission were now underway. According to SSC Space, the MAPHEUS-17 […] The post DLR’s Suborbital MAPHEUS-17 Mission to Launch as Early as 1 October appeared first on European Spaceflight.

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