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13.07.2012 12:55 Age: 12 yrs

[Saral]: shipment to India !

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Cnes Saral Payload Module joined the Isro/ISAC site in Bangalore on 2012/07/11.

Saral at Toulouse airport

The Cnes Saral Payload Module joined the Isro/ISAC site at Bangalore (India) on 2012/07/11 for the beginning of the Saral AIT campaign. Carefully packed in a container at Toulouse (France), the Saral Payload Module developped by Cnes, with the support of TAS-F, took off after a joint Cnes-Isro Pre-Shipment Review allowing its transportation. After coupling tests with the Isro SSB platform followed by Assembly and IntegrationTests at satellite level, the Saral satellite should be ready for launch at the end of 2012.

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