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November 26, 1965

France launches first satellite

PARIS -- France today put its first satellite into orbit. The launching boosted France into the space age along with the United States and Russia.

An official announcement said in a three-stage, 18-ton Diamond rocket took aloft and placed into orbit the A-1 space capsule at 2:47 p.m. (9:47 a.m. EST.)

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