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Electronic technician Priscila Custodio de Mattos, right, and Benjamin Galvan check the electronic components of the SCD2 satellite under construction at the Brazilian National Space Research Institute in the city of Sao Jose Dos Campos, Brazil Nov. 19, 1997. Despite the loss of Brazil's first rocket last month during take-off, the Brazilian space program is continuing its plans for the launching of more satellites into orbit, although the SCD2 will be launched on an U.S.-made Pegasus rocket. (AP Photo/Dario Lopez-Mills)