The European Space Agency has launched its gravity mapping satellite, Goce - after a day's delay.
It left Earth at 1421 GMT on a modified intercontinental ballistic missile from north-west Russia.
The BBC's Carolyn Quinn interviewed Dr Stephen Briggs, head of Earth observation science at the European Space Agency, at the very moment the satellite lifted off.
One-Minute World News 
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