French spy satellite launched
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An hour after lift-off, space officials said the Helios 2A satellite separated from the rocket. An additional six microsatellites were also.
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Europe orders up Sentinel 1, the first bespoke spacecraft for its new global monitoring programme.
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China has launched an experimental navigation satellite into space, state press reported, the nation's first space launch since it tested a satellite-killing missile last month.
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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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China Sunday launched a satellite that will carry out land surveys and mapping for several days before returning to earth, the Xinhua news agency said.
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Europe&#39;s first mission to the Moon has arrived and begun orbiting, 14 months after its launch from French Guiana. European Space Agency officials confirmed Tuesday the SMART-1 spacecraft reached
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French doctors are carrying out the world's first ever operation on a human in zero-gravity, using a specially-adapted aircraft to simulate conditions in space.
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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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An Ariane rocket has lifted off from Kourou, French Guiana, carrying seven satellites, including at least one that is to gather intelligence for France&#39;s military.
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Text of report in English by Japanese news agency Kyodo  Tanegashima Island, Japan, 11 September: The Japanese Aerospace Exploration Agency launched a rocket carrying an intelligence- gathering satellite from Tanegashima Space Centre in Kagoshima Prefecture on Monday [11 September].
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France said on Thursday an Iranian rocket  Tehran says is intended to put a satellite into orbit is in  fact a missile that cannot navigate in space, and added to  concerns that the technology is aimed at making weapons.
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Japan launched its latest satellite Saturday, giving Tokyo the ability to spy on any location in the world.
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New China News Agency reported that the satellite was set into orbit by a &#39;Long Walking- 2C&#39; rocket. The satellite was launched at 15:50 local time (10:50 in Turkey) from the Jiuquan Satellite Launching Center in Gansu province in northwestern China.
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French doctors set off to carry out the first operation on a human being under zero-gravity.
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Summary - (Dec 20, 2004) An Ariane 5 rocket lifted off from the European Space Agency&#39;s launch centre in French Guiana on Saturday, carrying a French military surveillance satellite and 6 additional microsatellites.
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(CBS/AP) A sophisticated Israeli spy satellite plummeted into the Mediterranean Sea shortly after launch, dealing a blow to Israeli efforts to keep an eye on Iran&#39;s alleged nuclear weapons program.
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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.