European Rocket Takes Off With 2 Satellites
From Times Wire Reports
Europe’s most powerful rocket soared safely into space with two satellites from its launchpad in Kourou, French Guiana, two years after its inaugural flight ended in disaster.
A rocket launched Dec. 11, 2002, went out of control and was destroyed three minutes after it blasted off.
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