Soyuz Rocket Launches Europe's Galileo Navigation System Into Orbit

In this handout image supplied by the European Space Agency (ESA) Soyuz VS01 is lifts off at the European Spaceport on October 21, 2011 in Kourou, French Guiana. The Soyuz VS01 rocket is carrying the first two satellites of Europe's Galileo navigation satellite system into orbit. (Photo by Stephane Corvaja/ESA via Getty Images)

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