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Europe's Vega rocket is finally set to make its maiden flight on Monday.
The 30m-tall vehicle, first conceived in the 1990s, will launch on what is termed a qualification flight from the Kourou spaceport in French Guiana.
It will carry nine satellites into orbit but the object of the mission is really to prove the rocket's systems all work as designed.
Read details: BBC News Science & Environment
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