周六，我国太原卫星发射中心在广东阳江附近海域使用捷龙三号运载火箭，成功将9颗卫星发射升空，进入预定轨道。请看本报昨日的报道：

A small but powerful Chinese rocket capable of carrying payloads at competitive costs delivered nine satellites into orbit Saturday, domestic media reported, in what is gearing up to be another busy year for Chinese commercial launches.

The Jielong-3, or Smart Dragon-3, blasted off from a floating barge off the coast of Yangjiang in southern Guangdong Province, the second launch of the rocket in just two months.

报道中的blast off就是“发射”。例如：

Images released by Iran’s Defense Ministry appear to show a rocket named Salman blasting off a pad at an undisclosed location.

伊朗国防部发布的图片似乎显示，一枚名为“萨尔曼”的火箭在未公开地点的发射台上发射升空。