Ariane rocket launches African, N.American satellites
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KOUROU, French Guiana  - An Ariane-5 rocket  blasted off from French Guiana on Friday putting into orbit  telecommunications satellites for Africa and North America,  space officials said.
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Two new communications satellites for India and the British military blasted off Sunday, riding an Ariane 5 into orbit one day after a launch pad glitch prevented a Saturday launch attempt.
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The US space agency, NASA, launched a satellite Saturday that scientists hope will help them locate the sources of mysterious gamma ray explosions, the
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By Sonja Barisic  ATLANTIC, Va. - Spectators cheered as a rocket carrying two experimental satellites blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, creating a blazing streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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A European rocket carrying two British and Indian satellites was successfully launched Sunday from South America after a one-day delay due to a technical glitch.
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By TOM ROEDER THE GAZETTE  A satellite built by Air Force Academy cadets was carried into orbit Thursday aboard an Atlas V rocket that was launched at 8:11 p.m. MST from from Cape Canaveral, Fla.
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NORFOLK, Va. - The first attempt to launch a rocket from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport has been delayed until at least Friday while experts work on a software glitch in the Air Force satellite that is its main payload, officials said Tuesday.
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NASA successfully launched a Delta II rocket from Florida's Cape Canaveral Air Force Station this weekend that will carry five THEMIS satellites into orbit.
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An Ariane rocket lifted off on Sunday from a pad in South America to place France&#39;s third military spy satellite into orbit, Arianespace said.
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The European satellite launcher Arianespace signed an order for 35 top-range Ariane 5 ECA rockets from EADS Astrium Saturday at the Paris Air Show, for an undisclosed sum.
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Europe's Ariane 5 rocket lofts two satellites from the Kourou spaceport in its last mission of the year.
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One of the most powerful rockets ever constructed, a massive Boeing Co. Delta IV Heavy vehicle that is designed to be able to lift supersized military satellites into orbit, was successfully launched Tuesday at Cape Canaveral.
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A rocket lifted off Friday from this French department in South America carrying satellites to provide broadband Internet services to rural parts of the U.S. and television programming to people across the hemisphere.
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CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - Strong upper level winds forced NASA to abort plans to launch five satellites on a single rocket Friday from the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, officials said.NASA will attempt to launch the five science satellites again Saturday.
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EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE, California  - The U.S. space shuttle Atlantis fired its rockets to break orbit on Friday and begin a fiery descent through the Earth's atmosphere for a landing in California.
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By SONJA BARISIC ATLANTIC, Va. - A rocket carrying two experimental satellites into orbit blasted off Saturday in the first launch from the mid-Atlantic region's commercial spaceport, blazing a streak across the sky just before sunrise.
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A Boeing Co. Delta 2 rocket successfully launched a new U.S. Air Force Global Positioning Satellite into orbit from Florida Saturday.