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Europe’s Ariane 6 rocket puts French military satellite into orbit

Europe's Ariane 6 rocket launch postponed due to 'anomaly': Arianespace
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Europe’s new heavy-lift rocket Ariane 6 placed a French military satellite into orbit on Thursday marking a successful first commercial mission for the launcher, its operator Arianespace said.

Around an hour after the rocket launched from Europe’s spaceport in Kourou, French Guiana, the control room burst into applause as Ariane 6 put the satellite into orbit, an online broadcast showed.

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