The market for launching small satellites is presently only partly served by the Pegasus rocket, which is launched at high altitude by a commercial jet aircraft.

在小型卫星的发射这一市场，目前只有天马火箭公司提供一些服务。他们用商务喷气式飞机在高空进行发射。

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South Korea's drills this week involved aircraft, rocket launchers and artillery guns and took place off Baengnyeong Island, another territory near the disputed maritime border.

韩国本周的演习使用了飞机，火箭发射器和大炮。演习在有争议的海上分界线附近的另一个岛屿——白翎岛进行。

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Because all this is in the same rocket chamber, the aircraft can take off and land in the same way as a conventional jumbo jet.

由于它们发生在同一个火箭舱内，因此天龙能够像普通喷气式飞机一样起飞和着陆。

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Authorities say they quickly killed two of the gunmen, but two others continued to fire machine guns in the extended battle in Pul-i-Alam, Witnesses say U.S.military helicopters were part of the response force, and one aircraft fired a rocket into a multi-story building which the insurgents had seized, used to launch their attack and had rigged with explosives.

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Whether the missile was fired by the plane, which locals believe, or was a misfired anti-aircraft rocket, is hard to say.

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Last year, in its most recent test, the X-51 fell for about four seconds before its booster rocket ignited, but the aircraft failed to separate from the rocket and plunged into the ocean.

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The effort, which is being put together by Peter Diamandis, chairman and CEO of the X Prize Foundation, and Granger Whitelaw, a venture capitalist and partner in two winning Indianapolis 500 racing teams, is developing rocket-powered aircraft with Mojave, Calif.

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