Brazilian-Argentine rocket successfully launched
{{date|December 18, 2007}} {{Brazil}} After its start had been postponed four times due to bad weather conditions, a research rocket of type "VS-30" took off successfully on Sunday, 16 December from [[Brazil]]. During the mission, which lasted nine minutes and 25 seconds, the rocket reached a height of 150 kilometers according to ''Xinhua'', but only 120 km according to ''Associated Press''.

The joint project between Brazil and [[Argentina]] was in accordance with a contract from 1998, under which both states contributed with experiments that were transported into space as a workload. The rocket was launched at 9:15 am CET from the spaceport located in Boca do Inferno in the Brazilian state of {{w|Rio Grande do Norte}}. 122 kilometers from the launch site, the workload landed in the {{w|Atlantic Ocean}}. After its recovery, the evaluation of the experiments will take place in {{w|Buenos Aires}}.

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== Sources ==
* {{source|url=http://news.xinhuanet.com/english/2007-12/17/content_7263711.htm
|title=Brazil-Argentina rocket takes off successfully
|author=Yan Liang
|pub=Xinhua
|date=December 17, 2007}}
*{{source|url=http://de.rian.ru/science/20071217/92731364.html
|title=Brasilien und Argentinien starten nach Fehlversuchen erfolgreich Rakete ins All
|pub=RIA Novosti|
|date=December 17, 2007
|lang=German}}
* {{source|url=http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/ap-071217-brazil-launch.html
|title=Brazil, Argentina Launch Rocket on Science Mission
|author=Associated Press
|pub=Space.com
|date=December, 17, 2007}}

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[[Category:South America]]
[[Category:Argentina]]
[[Category:Brazil]]
[[Category:Science and technology]]
[[Category:Space]]
[[Category:Buenos Aires]]
[[Category:Atlantic Ocean]]

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After its start had been postponed four times due to bad weather conditions, a research rocket of type "VS-30" took off successfully on Sunday, 16 December from Brazil. During the mission, which lasted nine minutes and 25 seconds, the rocket reached a height of 150 kilometers according to Xinhua, but only 120 km according to Associated Press.

The joint project between Brazil and Argentina was in accordance with a contract from 1998, under which both states contributed with experiments that were transported into space as a workload. The rocket was launched at 9:15 am CET from the spaceport located in Boca do Inferno in the Brazilian state of Atlantic Ocean. After its recovery, the evaluation of the experiments will take place in .

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Foguete do Brasil e Argentina é lançado
South America Argentina Brazil Science and technology Space Buenos Aires Atlantic Ocean