21.   North Korea has said the rocket launched a satellite, but Japan has dismissed that claim.

22.   On Tuesday, Hezbollah rained rockets on northern launched a rain of rockets at northern Israel, wounding three.

23.   The European-built Ariane space rocket successfully launched two satellites into space Wednesday, after five unsuccessful attempts over the last week to get off the ground.

24.   A European rocket launched an Intelsat telecommunications satellite early Saturday shortly after takeoff from French Guiana, the launch operators, Arianespace, announced.

25.   A Russian rocket has launched US telecommunications satellite Direct TV from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, Russian space officials said early Wednesday.

26.   An Ariane rocket on Friday launched the latest and most sophisticated spacecraft in the SPOT series of high-powered French commercial observation satellites.

27.   Expect coverage Space-Europe PARIS An Ariane rocket launches an Intelsat telecommunications satellite shortly after takeoff from French Guiana, the launch operators, Arianespace, announce.