41.   The secretary of the Defense Council, Yury Baturin, was at Svobodny to watch the first launch, ITAR-Tass reported.

42.   The test was the first launch by North Korea of a two-stage missile and marks a significant step forward in its rocket technology.

43.   Tuesday morning local time, Monday in the United States, is the first scheduled launch.

44.   U.S. company Kistler Aerospace Corp. announced last March it would conduct its first launches of commercial satellites from Woomera early this year.

45.   Within three weeks, he was at the console for his first launch.

46.   First-time launches of new rockets have frequently been disastrous, as was the case with the first launch of the Ariane V.

47.   Internet-based multiplayer games are popular among personal computer users but FFXI is the first major launch of an online game for home video-games consoles.

48.   Internet-based multiplayer games are popular among personal computer users but FFXI is the first major launch of an online game for home video game consoles.

49.   It was the first satellite launch in China for nine months, after a series of failures last year resulted in the suspension of the Chinese space programme.

50.   China Monday launched a telecommunications satellite on one of its Long March rockets, recording its first launch in nine months after a series of setbacks.