China Launches Direct Broadcast Satellite
Credit: XINHUA
Controllers are maneuvering China's 5.1-ton SinoSat-2 direct broadcast satellite toward its geosynchronous-orbit parking location at 92.2 deg. E. Long. following a Sept. 29 liftoff (see photo) from the Xichang launch site on a Long March 3B. Developed by the China Academy of Space Technology, the...
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