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ESA’s Gaia satellite — image from the Hubble Space Telescope

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ESA’s Gaia satellite

November 27, 2017 · ESA/Hubble

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ESA’s Gaia satellite is a space telescope designed to measure the positions of billions of stars with unprecedented precision. Gaia was launched on 19 December 2013 and is located at the L2 Lagrange point — the same location that the upcoming NASA/ESA/CSA James Webb Space Telescope will have.