71.   The rockets are to be built by Starsem, a joint Russian-French venture.

72.   There were rockets landing everywhere.

73.   The winning rocket is the one that stays in the air the longest before disappearing into the horizon.

74.   To carry the payload, the rocket was equipped with four strap-on solid-propellant boosters.

75.   U.S. analysts later concluded the rocket was a failed satellite launch and said the launch demonstrates continued North Korean efforts to develop intercontinental-range missiles.

76.   Waqar Mulan, an airport security official, said the Chinese-made rockets were equipped with homemade launchers and a timing device for automatic firing.

77.   Within a few hours, the rocket was on the correct trajectory for its docking with the Mir, it said.

78.   A European-built Ariane rocket was due to be launched early Tuesday from its space centre base in French Guiana carrying the first of two Japanese telecommunications satellites.

79.   A Russian rocket is to launch an Israeli scientific satellite for the first time on Tuesday, the Technion institute here announced Monday.

80.   An Ariane satellite-delivery rocket was launched here Thursday carrying Italian and French telecommunications satellites, according to officials at the space center here.