Ariane on launch pad
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Ariane makes final launch of 2008 - by Jonathan Amos
Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has wrapped up its 2008 campaign with another dual launch from the Kourou spaceport.It was the sixth flight for an Ariane 5, in a year that also saw the rocket start to service the International Space Station (ISS). Saturday's Ariane 5 mission marks the 42nd launch of Europe's workhorse rocket. In March, it lofted the "Jules Verne" freighter to the International Space Station. Next year's highlights include the dual launch of two European Space Agency telescopes - Herschel and Planck. Both will be sent out to an observing position some 1.5 million km from Earth, to study the Universe at far-infrared and microwave wavelengths.
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