11.   A Chinese rocket successfully launched two U.S.-made satellites into orbit Thursday, the state-run Xinhua News Agency reported.

12.   A Russian rocket will launch a satellite carrying a German-made high-resolution camera, it said.

13.   A Russian Proton rocket successfully launched an American telecommunications satellite into orbit Sunday, news agencies reported.

14.   A Russian rocket launched a U.S. commercial communications satellite from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakstan, the Interfax news agency reported Saturday.

15.   An Ariane space rocket has launched two satellites into space after five unsuccessful attempts over the last week to get off the ground.

16.   Another rocket launched in the Suvi Do area, on the outskirts of southern Kosovska Mitrovica, landed in a field and did not explode, NATO added.

17.   Last week, a Titan IV rocket launched another NRO satellite, also from Vandenberg.

18.   North Korea claimed that the rocket launched a satellite, but Japan believed that it was a firing of a ballistic missile that can reach anywhere in Japan.

19.   North Korea claims that the rocket launched a satellite, but Tokyo believes the North test-fired a missile that could strike anywhere in Japan.

20.   North Korea said the rocket launched a satellite.