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Title:USA-In Space: Robot Ulysses Successfully Launched From Space Shuttle Discovery
Date:6th October 1990
Summary:The US space shuttle Discovery successfully deployed the robot probe Ulysses on October 6 at the start of a five year study of the sun. Ulysses was launched eight hours after Discovery was launched from Cape Canaveral. The 210-million US dollar probe was to hurtle at a speed of 54,600 kilometres (34,000 miles) per hour towards the sun.
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Location:USA CAPE CANAVERAL FLORIDA
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