The SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying Bahrain's first locally made satellite has taken off from the Vandenberg Space Force Base in California, USA.
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'Al Munther' is one of around 74 payloads on board the Transporter 13 mission, which lifted off at 9.43am Bahrain time this morning.
Al Munther has been deployed into sun-synchronous orbit.
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A callout was made as the Bahraini satellite was amongst the first 10 of 74 to be separated from its launch vehicle to enter orbit 550km above sea level.
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