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A Long March 2-C rocket carrying a satellite jointly developed by China and France lifted off from a space base in Xichang, in southwestern China. The launch took place around 3:00pm (0700 GMT). The satellite, dubbed the Space Variable Objects Monitor (SVOM), will seek out gamma-ray bursts, powerful cosmic explosions that offer clues about the history of the universe. IMAGES
General scenery of North Korea seen across the border from South Korea after Pyongyang said it had succeeded in putting a military spy satellite in orbit. IMAGES
From Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan the Russian Soyuz 2.1B rocket blasts into space carrying 36 new satellites, from British operator OneWeb. IMAGES
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts into space carrying 36 new satellites from British operator OneWeb, which aims to provide broadband internet around the world. The rocket, operated by Europe's Arianespace, took off from the Vostochny cosmodrome in Russia's Far East at 09h40 GMT. IMAGES
A Russian Soyuz rocket blasts off from the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan carrying 38 foreign satellites after takeoff was twice postponed due to technical issues, Russian space agency Roscosmos says. Video published by the Russian space agency shows the Soyuz blaster launching against grey and cloudy skies at 0607 GMT. IMAGES
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