- PHOTO TAKEN 21DEC05 - European launch vehicle Ariane 5 V169 lifts off from the Guiana Space Centre, in Kouroum, French Guiana at 19:33 local time (1633 GMT) on December 21, 2005. The Ariane 5 rocket will place into geostationary orbit the Meteosat Second Generation weather satellite MSG-2 and the Indian telecommunications satellite INSAT-4A. Picture taken on December 21, 2005.
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(Credit : ESA/CNES/ARIANESPACE -Service Optique CSG)