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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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  • 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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  • 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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  • 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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    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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  • 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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    many of China's ventures into space, including their first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970,: 218  and their first crewed space mission Shenzhou 5 on...
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    Exxon Valdez (redirect from Dong Fang Ocean)
    Mediterranean to the Hong Kong-based shipping company, Hong Kong Bloom Shipping Ltd., which renamed the ship, once again, to Dong Fang Ocean (Chinese: 东方海;...
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