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On this day in 2000 – August 9th – the European Space Agency (ESA) launched the second pair of Cluster satellites.

This completed the four-satellite constellation of the Cluster II mission, which is still carrying out a detailed investigation of how the Sun and Earth interact.

Mona Evans
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