The Soyuz rocket is successfully launched - at last
联盟号火箭终于发射成功
Two European satellites that will study the weather in space
are finally
orbiting the Earth four years after a first launch attempt ended in disaster
when a carrier rocket blew up.
The satellites were lifted into space by a Soyuz rocket which took off
from Kazakhstan in Central Asia on Sunday without a hitch.
The launch is the first stage in the key Cluster II programme.
The satellites, built by the European Space Agency (ESA), will look
at interaction between the sun and the Earth.
Scientists hope to gain a better understanding of so-called "space weather,"
which can sometimes knock out weather or communication satellites orbiting
the Earth.
太空天气预测卫星进入轨道