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Pléiades 1B is ready for integration in the payload "stack" for Arianespace's next Soyuz mission

The Pléiades 1B satellite passenger for Arianespace's fourth Soyuz flight from French Guiana is ready for integration into the medium-lift launcher's payload "stack" at the Spaceport.
This dual-use, very-high-resolution imaging satellite has been transferred from the S5 payload preparation center - where it was fueled with hydrazine - to the Spaceport's S3B processing building for the integration process.
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Arianespace's fourth Spaceport mission with Soyuz: the Pléiades 1B satellite is readied for fuelling

Soyuz Flight VS04
The dual-use, very-high-resolution Pléiades 1B satellite payload for Arianespace's fourth Soyuz mission from French Guiana is ready for fuelling, marking a new step in the preparation campaign for its nighttime launch on November 30.
Built by EADS' Astrium division for the French CNES space agency, Pléiades 1B has completed initial checkout in the Spaceport's S1B clean room facility, and has now been moved to the larger, multi-bay S5 payload processing centre for the loading of its onboard propellant.
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