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April 24, 2015

Xinhua Insight: How China joins space club?
Beijing (XNA) Apr 24, 2015
Yu Jun aimed his telescope at a bright star in the night sky. A moment later, a dim light passed across it, along the very path foreign astronomy websites had forecast. "Dongfanghong-1," Yu Jun noted in his observer diary. "I can hardly believe that several decades after its launch, China's first satellite can still be seen. It's amazing," he exclaims. The launch of Dongfanghong-1 on April 24, 1970 marked China's entry into a new epoch of space exploration. But less-well understood is how Ch ... read more

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