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    Dong Fang Hong 1 (simplified Chinese: 东方红一号; traditional Chinese: 東方紅一號; pinyin: Dōngfānghóng Yīhào; lit. 'The East is Red no.1'), in the western world...
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  • make it to the desired orbit. Long March 1's second flight launched China's first satellite Dong Fang Hong 1 to space on 24 April 1970. The rocket was...
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  • countryside around ancestral hometown of Luoshan, Henan. On 25 April 1970, Dong Fang Hong 1—China's first satellite—was launched. Liu remembered the launch as...
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    Sputnik 1 and American Explorer 1 satellite launches in 1957 and 1958 respectively, China would launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 in April...
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  • Dong Fang Hong 2 (also romanised as Dongfanghong 2) was the primary television satellite used by China during the later part of the 20th century. It was...
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  • solid-fueled third stage was added to the design. On 24 April 1970, Dong Fang Hong 1 was launched. After reaching orbit, it transmitted a tone-generator...
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  • Dong Fang (Chinese: 董芳, born 12 February 1981) is a former Chinese badminton player from Shashi, Hubei. Dong represented her country at the 1998 Asian...
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  • kilograms. China used the Long March 1 rocket to launch its first satellite, Dong Fang Hong 1 (lit. "The East is Red 1"), into low Earth orbit on 24 April...
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    Retrieved 1 March 2008. "ESA – About ESA – History of the European Space Agency". ESA. Retrieved 1 March 2008. "EUSPA". "About CNES". Retrieved 1 April 2009...
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    Fanhui Shi Weixing (redirect from FSW-1)
    American-educated rocket scientist and designer of the Long March 1 rocket which would launch the Dong Fang Hong 1 satellite in 1970, was named chief designer of the...
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