Live coverage: Soyuz blasts off on third mission for O3b

Live coverage of the countdown and launch of a Russian Soyuz rocket from French Guiana with four broadband communications satellites for O3b Networks. Text updates will appear automatically below; there is no need to reload the page. Follow us on Twitter.

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