A Soyuz rocket lifted off on Friday on its maiden flight from Europe's
space base here, carrying the first two satellites in the Galileo
geo-positioning system.
The launch marked an unprecedented step in space cooperation, being the
first by the veteran rocket beyond Russia's historic bases at Plesetsk
and Baikonur.
As mission controllers counted off the final seconds, Soyuz's main
engines ignited, a cluster of umbilical masts flipped back and at 1030
GMT the rocket clawed its way skywards through a pounding tropical rain. More Read
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