For example, when a satellite hit an old Russian rocket in 2009, it broke into more than 2,000 pieces, increasing the amount of space junk.

例如，2009年，一颗卫星撞上了一枚俄罗斯旧火箭，它碎成了2000多块碎片，增加了太空垃圾的数量。

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The satellite was launched in a rocket.

这颗卫星是由火箭发射的。

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A Long March 5 rocket carrying China's heaviest satellite was successfully launched.

运载中国最重卫星的长征五号成功发射。

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The United States said it would not launch a scientific satellite until a non-military rocket the Vanguard could be completed to carry it into space.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

In nineteen fifty-seven, a Soviet military rocket carried a small satellite into Earth orbit.

VOA: special.2009.06.10

But South Korean,Japanese,and U.S. officials are skeptical about the North's plan and suspect the so-called satellite launch is in reality a way to test a long-range rocket.

VOA: standard.2009.03.12

Dr Baker reckons that costs can be cut if the launch rocket uses the satellite's guidance computer instead of having its own, and if the satellite's built-in rocket motor is bolstered to do the work now performed by a launch rocket's upper stage.

ECONOMIST: Space

South Korea did need outside help to launch the satellite: The rocket's first stage was designed and built by Russian experts.

NPR: SKorea: Satellite Working Normally, Sending Data

That would mean satellite and launch rocket would have to be designed in tandem, so customers could not shop around for different launch vehicles.

ECONOMIST: Space