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Space gun lifts off

Almaz OPS-2 space station launched 50 years ago on June 25, 1974.

 

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November 5: A Soyuz-2-1b/Fregat rocket to launch a pair of Ionosfera-M satellites and a cluster of secondary payloads from Pad 1S in Vostochny.

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HISTORY

50 years ago: The USSR launches Soyuz 7K-S variant

France adopts, upgrades Congreve rockets

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