India wants to emerge as a major player in the global commercial satellite launch market.

印度希望在全球商业卫星的发射市场上成为一个主要的竞争对手。

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India wants to win a slice of the global commercial satellite launch market, estimated to be worth billions of dollars.

印度希望在价值约上百亿美元的全球商业卫星发射市场上获取一个份额。

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China successfully launched a mapping satellite, "mapping satellite - I," from the northwestern Jiuquan satellite launch Center at 3:10 p.m. (Beijing time) Tuesday.

北京时间周二下午3点10分，我国在西北的酒泉卫星发射中心成功地发射了一颗测图卫星“天绘一号”。

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President Ahmadinejad reportedly called the satellite launch "a message of brotherhood and peace" to the world.

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But the satellite launch caused international concern.

VOA: special.2009.02.07

North Korea contends the April 5 missile firing was a satellite launch to which it was entitled under international law.

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Europe's Ariane 5 rocket has established itself as the dominant force in the satellite launch market.

BBC: Ariane rocket ready to do battle

Since then, SpaceX has won satellite launch contracts from numerous commercial and other customers world-wide, including the Pentagon.

WSJ: Drama Swirls Around SpaceX Launch

This is the 23rd mission for India's Polar Satellite Launch Vehicle (PSLV) - a seven-storey-high, 230 tonne rocket.

BBC: India launches seven satellites