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Live coverage: Two satellites blast off on Ariane 5

July 15, 2015 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of an Ariane 5 rocket with the Star One C4 communications satellite and Europe’s MSG 4 weather observatory. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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