1.   A better plan would be to launch from Earth on a trajectory optimized for transfer to Mars.

2.   The rocket was launched from a space research base.

3.   With a sari Psepha unfolded his great wings and launched himself from his tree.

4.   A test satellite was launched from Cape Canaveral.

5.   A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.

6.   An initiative launched from Abu Dhabi aimed to salvage the three Pakistani branches of BCCI which continued to trade in defiance of an earlier order for closure.

7.   There was speculation that Soviet concern could extend to the possibility of missile attacks launched from any of the republics they were known to be located.

8.   The first of a generation of satellites designed to increase knowledge of the environment, oceans and climate has been launched from French Guiana in South America.

9.   Operation Roaring Lion was launched from a former airbase, to practice evacuating civilians from war zones.