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Ariane-5 ECA Rocket Soars Into Space
Paris, France - 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.
The control room broke into applause and tense technicians shared smiles and handshakes after data showed the payload, a U.S.-Spanish satellite and a European Space Agency micro-satellite, had been successfully lobbed into orbit 31 minutes after the liftoff.