The carrier rocket, Long March 3-A, blasts off from the Xichang Satellite Launching Center in southwest China's Sichuan Province May 25, 2003. China launched a locally made navigation satellite into orbit early on Sunday, the official Xinhua news agency said, two weeks after Beijing said the SARS outbreak will not delay its first manned space launch. [xinhua]
 
 
 

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