Brazilian VLS-1 launch successful

Allen Thomson (thomsona@netcom.com)
Sun, 2 Nov 1997 07:48:56 -0800 (PST)

  	  				 
   BRASILIA, Nov 2 [1997] (AFP) 
   [EXCERPTS]
   Brazil successfully launched its first rocket into space from 
   the country's space center at Alcantar early Sunday... 
   The launch of the VLS-1 rocket... will place a locally-built   
   surveying satellite into orbit...