The Envisat satellite went through its last testing in January 2001 before being shipped to the French dependency Kourou for launch. Transportation was a major task involving the transport of machinery by air, land and water.
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Envisat is an advanced polar-orbiting Earth observation satellite that was... -
At that time of launch, Envisat was the largest European satellite ever to be... -
The Envisat satellite went through its last testing in January 2001 before... -
The flight operation ground centre has command and control of the satellite.... -
Loading the payload module on to Antonow 124 at Schiphol Airport, Amsterdam. -
The Envisat launcher was assembled in Kourou in August 2001.
