Rocket: Soyuz 2-1a
Cargo: Pleiades 1, ELISA, SSOT
Date: Dec. 16/17, 2011
Time: 0203:48 GMT
(9:03:48 p.m. EST)
Site: ELS, Guiana Space Center

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Rocket rollout

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By Stephen Clark

Live coverage of the Soyuz rocket launching the Pleiades 1 and ELISA reconnaissance satellites for France, and the SSOT imaging satellite for Chile. Text updates will appear automatically; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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