On this day in 1997 – October 30th – the first successful Ariane 5 rocket was launched.
The Ariane 5, Europe's most powerful launch vehicle, was used to launch the XMM-Newton X-ray observatory, numerous telecom satellites, all five of the International Space Station ATV resupply ships, and the Herschel Space Observatory.
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