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France launches spy satellites aboard Russian rocket Dec 17th 2011, 04:27 KOUROU, French Guiana (Reuters) - The second Russian-built Soyuz rocket launched from French Guiana blasted off late on Friday carrying six military spy satellites, space officials said. The rocket blasted off at 11.03 p.m. (0203 GMT Saturday) from a launch pad at the European Space Agency's launch centre near Kourou, French Guiana, on the northeast coast of South America. About one hour after launch, five of the satellites separated from the rocket. The first was Pleiades, a one-tonne observation satellite to be used extensively by the French defence ministry. ...

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