Ariane Rocket Launches French Spy Satellite
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A European Ariane rocket launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the third in a French-led drive for a European &quot;spy in the sky&quot; independent of the United States.
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Europe's most powerful rocket, carrying a payload of precious satellites, soared into space Saturday from its South American base in a successful launch more than two years after its inaugural flight ended in disaster.
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By Laurent Marot KOUROU, French Guiana  - A European Ariane rocketlaunched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, thethird in a French-led drive for a European "spy in the sky"independent of the United States.
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Russia successfully launches Europe's most powerful telecommunications satellite.
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The enhanced version of Europe's Ariane 5 rocket will  not be launched until late January to give managers more time to verify its  flight-worthiness, Arianespace Chief Executive Officer Jean-Yves Le Gall said  Nov. 18. The decision clears the way for a Dec. 10 launch of a standard-version  Ariane 5 carrying observation and signals-intelligence satellites for the French  Defense Ministry.
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JERUSALEM - Israel's sophisticated new spy satellite has begun transmitting images from space, the Defense Ministry said Thursday.  Israel launched the Ofek-7 satellite into orbit Monday, giving it a new tool in its efforts to collect intelligence on Iran and other regional adversaries.
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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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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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The Pentagon is planning to fire a missile at a rogue spy satellite that was due to fall to earth early next month
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India successfully launches an Israeli spy satellite, officials at Sriharikota space station in southern India say.
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An attempt by Israel to launch a sophisticated spy satellite into space failed Monday afternoon, the Defense Ministry announced. According to a statement, the rocket, known as a Shavit I, failed in its third stage.
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After four launch delays in as many days, a rocket carrying a spy satellite blasted off Tuesday.
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KOUROU, French Guiana -- Europe's Ariane 5 rocket on Friday successfully launched telecommunications satellites for a U.S.-Japanese joint venture and a startup company that will offer telephone and Internet service throughout Africa after a decade-long struggle for financing.
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Israel's latest and most advanced spy satellite - Ofeq 6 - has been destroyed during launch.
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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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Japan launches a rocket carrying its third spy satellite, increasing its ability to monitor North Korea.
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2nd Ld-Writethru: Japan launches spy satellite successfully    TOKYO, Sept. 11 (Xinhua) -- Japan successfully launched a spy satellite with an H-2A rocket on Monday from Tanegashima Space Center in southern Japan's Kagoshima prefecture, Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) said.