In this photo provided on Saturday, May 5, 2007 by the ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE entity, the Ariane 5 ECA rocket lifts off from its launch pad in Kourou, French Guiana, late Friday, May 4, 2007. The European rocket carrying two communications satellites was successfully launched Friday from this South America country after a one-day delay because of strong winds. The Ariane-5 ECA rocket shuttled into orbit the Astra 1L satellite for the Luxembourg-based operator SES Astra and Galaxy 17 for Bermuda-based satellite services provider Intelsat, Arianespace said in a statement. (AP Photo/ESA-CNES-ARIANESPACE/HO) ORG XMIT: PAR105
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