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January 25, 2018

On January 25, 2018, an Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit. The year's #1 song was "God's Plan" by Drake. Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales, Prince Louis of Wales would arrive in the same year.

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2018 (MMXVIII) was a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar, the 2018th year of the Common Era (CE) and Anno Domini (AD) designations, the 18th year of the 3rd millennium and the 21st century, and the 9th year of the 2010s decade.

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On January 25, 2018

  1. 2018 An Ariane 5 rocket is launched carrying SES-14, Al Yah 3, and NASA's Global-scale Observations of the Limb and Disk, but the satellites end up in the wrong orbit.

    European heavy-lift space launch vehicle (1996–2023)

    Ariane 5 is a retired European heavy-lift space launch vehicle operated by Arianespace for the European Space Agency (ESA). It was launched from the Guiana Space Centre (CSG) in French Guiana. It was used to deliver payloads into geostationary transfer orbit (GTO), low Earth orbit (LEO) or further into space.

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Died on January 25, 2018

Neagu Djuvara Romanian historian (1916–2018)

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Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal
Prince Louis of Wales 2018– British royal

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