European Rocket Takes Off With 2 Satellites
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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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