First Italian military-civil radarsat orbiting after June 7 launch

The first of four Italian Thales Alenia Space Cosmo SkyMed radar earth observation satellites is performing initial in-orbit checks after launch on a Boeing Delta II 7420-10 June 7. Liftoff from Vandenberg Air Force Base Space Launch Complex-2 came at 10:35 p.m. Eastern time at the very end of a 13...

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