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File:Ariane42P rocket.gif

Ariane42P_rocket.gif ‎(360 × 480 pixels, file size: 95 KB, MIME type: image/gif)

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English: Ariane 42P rocket with the TOPEX/Poseidon satellite (Kourou, August 10, 1992) (NASA)
Original image caption: The Ariane 42P carrying the TOPEX/Poseidon spacecraft was launched from the European Space Agency's Guiana Space Centre in Kourou, French Guiana, on August 10, 1992.
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Source http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/gallery/topexposeidon/general/?ImageID=104
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