Arianespace successfully launched the Pléiades 1B observation satellite for the French space agency aboard a Soyuz rocket from the Guiana Space Center (CSG) in French Guiana.
Pléiades 1B is a very-high-resolution dual-use military and civilian satellite designed to provide optical imaging . The 1-ton class satellite was built by Astrium at its plant in Toulouse. Thales Alenia Space supplied the very-high-resolution imaging instruments...
