China To Launch Communication Satellite

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China will send a communication satellite owned by a Hong Kong company into space during the first half of this year.

Beijing (XNA) Jan 24, 2005
China will send a communication satellite owned by a Hong Kong company into space during the first half of this year.

China National Space Administration says the European-made satellite is expected to orbit for 13 years and will be responsible for transmitting radio and television signals for China, East Asia, Australia and Hawaii.

Meanwhile, a multi-purpose small satellite developed by China, Pakistan, Thailand, Bangladesh, Mongolia, South Korea, and Iran will be launched in 2006.

It will be used to carry out scientific experiments and environmental observations for countries in the Asia-Pacific region.

Source: Xinhua News Agency

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Duet Chinese To Orbit Earth This Autumn

Beijing (XNA) Jan 20, 2005
Two Chinese astronauts may be orbiting Earth as early as September, this time spending five days aloft in the nation's second manned venture into outerspace, China's space agency chief confirmed Thursday.

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