French spy satellite launched from French Guiana
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PARIS France says a satellite placed in orbit today gives it new abilities to spy worldwide. The Helios Two-A military satellite was launched from French Guiana and put in orbit along with six smaller scientific ones about an hour later.
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When NASAâs Genesis solar-wind sample return capsule skyrockets from space next week and drops into the Utah Test and Training Range, that landmark in civilian space draws upon a once classified satellite snooping program.
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Official pens seeing plenty of action It's all go this week for the European Space Agency, ESA. The agency has ordered the first satellites for its Global Monitoring for Environment and Security programme, and finalised details of how it will work with NASA on two massive projects: the James Webb Space Telescope and the LISA Pathfinder mission.â¦
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Artemis, the European Space Agency Advanced Relay and Technology Mission Satellite, successfully relayed optical laser links from an aircraft in early December.
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A US spy satellite has gone out of control and is due to crash to Earth within two months, US sources say.
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A rocket has been launched carrying a satellite to track and study the most powerful explosions seen in the universe since the Big Bang.
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[World News]: Paris, Dec 19 : France has launched an Ariane rocket from Kourou in French Guiana, placing into orbit a new-generation military satellite Helios II A. The launch Saturday also placed in orbit
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Russia launched two Russian-Ukrainian Earth probing satellites from the Plesetsk cosmodrome at 14:20, Moscow time, on Friday.
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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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WASHINGTON, Nov 20  - NASA launched Saturday its Swift satellite, which will track huge explosions of gamma rays, the US space agency said.
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A French satellite designed to hunt out  new planets has started work after a series of successful  tests, the European Space Agency said on Friday.
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Israel launched an advanced spy satellite Monday that will be able to track events in Iran, the country it considers its top foe, even at night and in cloudy weather, defense officials said
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Launched from Kourou in French Guiana on the night of 28 February 2002, ESAâs Envisat spacecraft marks its fifth year in space.
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Japan launched its fourth spy satellite Saturday, completing its capabilities to monitor activities worldwide and bolstering its ability to observe neighboring North Korea's nuclear program.
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A European Space Agency rocket entered moon orbit Monday in a unique mission using a pioneering power plant. The s-called SMART-1 spacecraft blasted off from Kourou, French Guiana, Sept.
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TEL AVIV An Israeli spy satellite intended to increase surveillance over Iran landed in the sea Monday after a rocket malfunction shortly after take-off, Israeli officials said.
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China on Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveying and other scientific projects for several days and return to Earth, government media reported.