Al Jazeera English
| Jan 24, 2013
North Korea has responded to fresh UN sanctions with a belligerent statement vowing to carry out rocket launches and a nuclear test targeting the United States, its "sworn enemy." China's foreign ministry urged its ally to act in a "cautious and p...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 20, 2012
South Korea's first female leader has promised to reverse her predecessor's hard-line policy and try to engage Pyongyang in "trust-based" diplomacy. But President-elect Park Guen-hye admits that making progress will be tough, with North Korea's re...
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MBC
| Dec 14, 2012
North Korea surprised everyone this week by successfully launching a long-range rocket. South Korean broadcaster MBC reports on what the rocket launch shows about North Korea's technological capabilities, and explores whether a rocket fired from t...
LinkAsia
| Dec 14, 2012
Not coincidently, the DPRK's successful rocket launch comes days before voters in Japan and South Korea head to the polls. LinkAsia speaks with Daniel Sneider of Stanford University's Shorenstein Asia-Pacific Research Center about what affect the ...
Telegraph.co.uk
| Dec 14, 2012
As North Korea's first satellite surprised some observers by staying in orbit, huge crowds cheered the successful rocket launch at a government-staged rally in Pyongyang. Soldiers "have been full of delight and strong emotions," a military chief t...
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CCTV News
| Dec 13, 2012
China's state-run CCTV News recaps international reactions and gives China's perspective on the launch. In a sharply-worded interview response, an academic named Tao Wenzhao speaks about the "negative impact" of North Korea's actions.
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MBC
| Dec 12, 2012
In the first "special broadcast" on North Korea's state television since the death of Kim Jong-il, the DPRK announced that it successfully launched the Unha-3 long-range rocket. South Korean broadcaster MBC looks at the ramifications for the launc...
Al Jazeera English
| Dec 9, 2012
North Korea may delay its latest attempt to launch a long-range rocket as Japan threatens to shoot it out of the sky. Officials from both Japan and South Korea say the "space satellite" launch is actually a ballistic missile test, in breach of int...
Press TV
| Dec 2, 2012
North Korea has announced its plan to attempt another satellite launch later this month. According to North Korea's official news agency, Pyongyang has "analyzed" and corrected the mistakes from its failed first rocket launch effort earlier this y...
— Apr 23 at 06:52 pm
...song. In order to get to its permanent home at the California Science Center, space shuttle Endeavour had to make one epic journey through the s...
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— Mar 26, 2012 at 01:28 pm
...said it will see any critical statement of its nuclear program as "a declaration of war." Using ballistic missile technology is in violation of ...
— Apr 2, 2012 at 12:17 pm
...conference delegates, "reflecting the unanimous will and desire of all the party members, service personnel and people", the official news agenc...
A rocket launch is the takeoff phase of the flight of a rocket. Launches for orbital spaceflights, or launches into interplanetary space, are usually from a fixed location on the ground, but may also be from a floating platform or, potentially, from a superheavy An-225-class airplane
Launches of suborbital flights, can also be from:
⁕a missile silo
⁕a mobile launcher vehicle
⁕a submarine
⁕air launch:
⁕from a plane
⁕from a balloon
⁕a surface ship
⁕an inclined rail
Launches not into space can also be from:
⁕the shoulder
A skyrocket is launched from some stand.
"Rocket launch technologies" generally refers to the entire set of systems needed to successfully launch a vehicle, not just the vehicle itself, but also the firing control systems, ground control station, launch pad, and tracking stations needed for a successful launch and/or recovery.
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