South Korea's first lunar orbiter launched by SpaceX

South Korea's first-ever lunar orbiter was launched Thursday from the United States, live video showed, with a payload including a new disruption-tolerant network for sending data from space on its year-long mission to observe the Moon. Danuri -- a portmanteau of the Korean words for "Moon" and "enjoy" -- was carried on a Falcon 9 rocket launched by US aerospace company SpaceX and aims to reach the Moon by mid-December. Read More Region & World  Jordan News Read More 38 persons dead, 2 missing due to heavy rain in China Maldives bans entry of Israelis New Iranian President, Foreign Minister named