Ariane Rocket Launches French Spy Satellite
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KOUROU, French Guiana  - A European Ariane rocket  launched a military surveillance satellite on Saturday, the  third in a French-led drive for a European "spy in the sky"  independent of the United States.
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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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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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Russia successfully launches Europe's most powerful telecommunications satellite.
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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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FLEDGLING space power China today launched a satellite from a remote desert region for a short-term scientific mission, state media reported.
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The first test launch of a new rocket carrier, the Soyuz-2 (Rus), was carried out successfully today from the Plesetsk cosmodrome [in Arkhangelsk Region] at 2130 [Moscow time, 1830 gmt].
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A European rocket roared into space from a pad in South America on Saturday, placing into orbit a surveillance satellite billed as giving France's military new abilities to spy worldwide.
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An Ariane rocket lifted off Saturday from a pad in South America to place France's third military spy satellite into orbit, Arianespace said.
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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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Japan launched its latest satellite Saturday, giving Tokyo the ability to spy on any location in the world.
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In a crucial mission for Europe's space program, an upgraded Ariane-5 rocket successfully orbited two satellites into space on Saturday - two years after a first attempt ended in failure.
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China launched an experimental satellite into orbit Sunday, atop a Long March 2C carrier rocket; reported Xinhua, China&#39;s government-run news agency.
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Arianespace chief Jean-Yves Le Gall explains the significance of the return to flight of Europe's  Ariane 5-ECA rocket.
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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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Europe's most powerful rocket to date, the Ariane 5-ECA, blasts off from a spaceport in French Guiana.
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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