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Paris, 21 November 2002	
Press Release
Nø 73-2002

ESA's Envisat monitors oil spill-off Spanish coast
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Oil from the Prestige, the wrecked tanker off the northwest coast of
Spain, had already reached the Spanish coast when ESA's Envisat 
satellite acquired radar images of the oil slick, stretching more than 
150 km, on Sunday 17 November.

To know more about this story visit our web site : http://www.esa.int
and in particular : 
http://www.esa.int/export/esaCP/ESAGFD7708D_index_0.html


For further information, please contact :
ESA Media Relations Service
Tel: +33(0)1.53.69.7155
Fax : +33(0)1.53.69.7690

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