Esa's satellite Swarm launches to map Earth's magnetism

Name: Esa's satellite Swarm launches to map Earth's magnetism
Uploaded: 2013-11-22T13:11:19.000Z
Duration: 2 min 26 s
Description: The Swarm mission to map the Earth's global magnetic field in unprecedented detail has launched from Russia.

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The Swarm mission to map the Earth's global magnetic field in unprecedented detail has launched from a base in Russia.

The trio of European Space Agency (Esa) satellites left the Plesetsk Cosmodrome at 12:02 GMT, riding a Rockot vehicle.

Science & Environment

22 November 2013