Last minute checks could then be carried out, and the rocket launched.

A parade of great fun will be held before the rocket launching at the temple.

If the rocket does not launch within the "window", it has to wait for the next window.

The rocket launched on the first attempt on July 5.

The rocket would launch crews and vehicles directly to Mars.

Hezbollah however resumed rocket launching from the site within hours of the raid.

The rocket launches with little or no warning and can fly in a random direction.

A smaller station that a single rocket could launch retained value, however, for scientific purposes.

A rocket carrying China's first space laboratory, Tiangong-1, has launched from the north of the country.

Russian companies market rockets to launch other nation's satellites, and are involved in several partnerships with foreign concerns to provide similar launching services.