The satellite split off from the rocket about 25 minutes after its 00:20 lift-off, entering a geosynchronous transfer orbit.

“鑫诺二号”卫星于29日零时20分点火升空，25分钟后与运载火箭分离，进入地球同步转移轨道。

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The microorganisms had lain dormant since the Eocene epoch, a time when Australia split off from Antarctica and modern mammals first appeared.

自始新世（5300-3650万年前）开始，它们便沉睡在化石之中，在那个时代，澳洲板块刚刚与南极板块分离，而现代哺乳动物刚刚开始出现。

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Last September Mr Tronchetti Provera announced that he was going to split off ti's mobile-phone arm.

上个9月特隆盖帝先生宣称他将要把意大利电信的移动电话业务分离出去。

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They looked at the monstrous 345-page prospectus describing the split-off that created Liberty and passed on the offer.

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Alibaba prefers a friendly deal with Yahoo, but it could still revisit an alternative plan to bid for the whole company in conjunction with buyout firms if the cash-rich split-off proposal falls through, people familiar with the matter said.

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Ms. Whitman was named CEO of the struggling computer and printer giant in September and so far has aimed to undo the damage created by her predecessor, Leo Apotheker, including putting the kibosh on a proposed split-off of the company's PC business.

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