10-ton Ariane 5 returns to flight
Europe's Ariane 5 ECA heavy-lift rocket returned to flight Feb. 12, launching the XTAR-EUR communications satellite and the European Space Agency's (ESA) Sloshsat scientific spacecraft. The ECA variant had not flown since its failed first flight in December 2002, which destroyed Eutelsat's Hot Bird...
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