FOIA
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCE BULLETIN
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Collection:
Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST):
0000962867
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RIPPUB
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U
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3
Document Creation Date:
June 22, 2015
Document Release Date:
December 3, 2009
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Case Number:
F-2003-00569
Publication Date:
October 18, 1974
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Th6j ;Frenoh', government has
Ariane apace-launcher,; piogi~ram.
r% Ki4kber, 16,' a; government spokesman announce"
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that France,; ;wills continue to participate in the Euro-
pean spiace program;;in 'general and the Ariane,project
in particular. president discard apparently made, the
final Ide'c'isioh,ihim 'elf, 11 overridir..g the objections of
his Fina'hoe', Ministryi : hey announcement emphasized the
importance of maintaining ]"European independence in
space" add 'promisedhe"Eurupeanization" of French tech-
nolo 1iubng the other nine countries participating in
_ he spokesman also ,assured
the program. ,I T
, .I 114 4 the ...-4i n~ ra~-3 n[f noun-
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tries li'I il; !E
D elopment of, he As~iane had peen threatened by
the delayl of the French' to allocate funds for the' project.
France 116ontrols 'the pro ram'because it has assumed re-
sponsibility for 62.S p~rcent of the estimated $490-
millio~i ~ e~relopment cost. 1
: T e'A cane launlch ~ehicle, also known as the OS,
ut s'ate l~.tes of up to 1, 650 ,
is in tdnded' to : jp
into s pounds
1 The'i French National' Center fore
~n ?orbit. - ~
snacei Sit'"d'hries :onouses'tima'ted listjyear` that the Ariane will ,
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launch; !itsj first satell,p ze i.n ?17 77. --
signed tcl,orbit~l'communications, rtvigation, and mili-
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decided
to continue the
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