This is the first time this type of rocket launcher has been seen and used on the mainland.

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Had the mission been using almost any other type of rocket, its payload would now be at the bottom of the Atlantic.

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The term hybrid is used because this type of rocket motor uses neither all-liquid fuel nor all-solid fuel, but a combination of both.

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At the same time, Arianespace would find efficiencies in operating a single model of rocket to carry out every type of mission.

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Lebanon's state news agency said the rockets were 107-millimeter Grad rockets, a type of small rocket Lebanese officials said have been fired before from south Lebanon into Israel.

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The satellite, known as OCO-2, is being prepared for launch in February 2013 aboard the same type of Taurus XL rocket used with Glory.

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The Progress cargo rocket, which is of a different type, was expected to take off on July 16th.

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One problem was that the rocket used as a booster (a type known as Pegasus, that is designed to be used as a satellite launcher) is usually dropped from its launch aircraft at an altitude of 12, 200 metres.

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"This is not rocket science to take care of yourself these days if you have type 1 diabetes, " he said.

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The official said the type of oxidiser container that was found from the first stage of the rocket launch would rarely be used by countries with advanced space technology.

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