A rocket appears to have been launched from North Korea,

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asi...ic/7982874.stm

"A rocket appears to have been launched from North Korea," the Japanese government said in a statement.
The US State Department also confirmed the launch had taken place.
It was not immediately clear if it was a long-range version of the rocket, which is capable of hitting the US.
International pressure had mounted in recent days to halt the launch at Musudan-ri on the north-east coast.
North Korea says its intentions are peaceful and it was launching an "experimental communications satellite".
But the US and North Korea's neighbours believe it is a cover for testing the regime's long-range missile technology in defiance of UN resolutions.

 

I've not heard any explosions so I'm guessing there's nothing gone wrong my end...

Just wait for the fall out now...