Launch of the Gaia space observatory on 19 December 2013
Launch of the Gaia space observatory on 19 December 2013
On 19 December 2013 at 10:12 CET, Gaia took off on its five-year mission from the European Spaceport in French Guiana aboard a Russian Soyuz launch vehicle. Four German academic institutions are involved in the mission. The DLR Space Administration is coordinating the German share of the project.
