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Live coverage: Vega rocket launches with LISA Pathfinder

December 2, 2015 Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Vega rocket rocket with the European Space Agency’s LISA Pathfinder mission. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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