
Photo: Ústav fyziky atmosféry AV ČR
Exactly 30 years ago, the newly independent Czech Republic launched its first satellite, Magion 4, into space. It lifted off from the Plesetsk Cosmodrome in Russia, joining the historic line of Czechoslovak satellites.
The Magion 4 satellite was launched on August 3, 1995, as part of the international INTERBALL scientific mission.
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