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Brazil Launches Rocket To Test Launching Base
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil (XNA) Jun 01, 2009 The Brazilian Space Agency (AEB) has launched a rocket to test the facilities at the Alcantara Launching Center. The launching, which took place on Friday afternoon, was "a complete success", AEB said in a statement. The mission was code-named Maracati 1 under a partnership between Brazil and Germany. It was the first launch from the Alcantara base since 2007. The rocket, named Orion 1, was developed by Germany. It was equipped with tracking devices and reached 93 kilometers high before falling into the sea about 80 kilometers off the Brazilian coast. The Alcantara Launching Center, built in 1983 in the northeastern Maranhao state, is the closest launching base to the equator, which gives the base a significant advantage in launching geosynchronous satellites. In 2003, a rocket explosion in the base killed 21 people and completely destroyed Alcantara's launch pad. The AEB's next launch of a rocket is scheduled in 2010.
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