101.   An Ariane European rocket was successfully launched early Wednesday, putting into orbit an Intelsat communications satellite, INTELSAT announced.

102.   An Ariane rocket was launched from here early Monday carrying a Japanese telecommunications satellite.

103.   An Ariane rocket was successfully launched Friday carrying two telecommunications satellites, for Mexico and Thailand, the European Space Agency said.

104.   An Ariane rocket was launched from here early Monday and successfully deployed a Japanese telecommunications satellite, Kourou space center officials said.

105.   The rocket was launched from the Plesetsk cosmodrome in northwest Russia.

106.   The source said the mutineers had launched a rocket at the hotel, and French troops in the city had fired back.

107.   Two prior attempts to launch the rocket were aborted in August and officials said they had yet to determine the cause of the explosion.

108.   They were aiming for villages in the region from where the Iranian-backed guerrillas launch Katyusha rockets on northern Israel.

109.   White House spokesman McCurry would not say whether Clinton and his advisors were pressing Lebanon to stop the Hezbollah from launching Katyusha rockets over its border into Israel.

110.   Japan is also considering using Kiritimati atoll in Kiribati to launch rockets.