China Plans Astronomy Satellite
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By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN  BEIJING - China's burgeoning space program has announced plans to launch its first astronomy satellite and participate in joint projects with Russia and France, state media reported Monday.
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China said it would launch 15 rockets, 17 satellites and its third mission with astronauts in 2008. Huang Qiang, secretary-general of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defense, made the announcement at a news conference, the Xinhua news agency said.
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China is concerned by U.S. plans to  shoot down an ailing spy satellite and is considering what  "preventative measures" to take, the Foreign Ministry said on  Sunday.
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Utah State University has secured a &#36;40 million contract with NASA to build an orbiting telescope that will examine galaxies and try to find new stars.
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China will launch its first unmanned mission to the Moon later this year, a senior space official confirms.
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Chinese scientists have optimized the spacecraft&#39;s configuration to reduce its weight and improve the performance of onboard equipment.
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China has beamed a ground-based laser at U.S. spy satellites over its territory, a U.S. agency said, in an action that exposed the potential vulnerability of space systems that provide crucial data to American troops and consumers around the world.
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China plans to launch more than 100 satellites before 2020 to watch every corner of the country, state-run China Central Television quoted a government official as saying Tuesday.
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China has developed a light and removable spacesuit for its astronauts set to embark on China&#39;s second manned space mission scheduled for next September.
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A Japanese government panel has approved plans to send two spy satellites into Earth's orbit beginning next year, a media report said Wednesday.
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A satellite, aiming to provide a television signal to every household in China, has encountered problems with its solar panels and will not function as planned.
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Beijing, Nov. 1. (PTI): China&#39;s second manned space flight will orbit the earth for five days with two astronauts on-board in a mission scheduled next year.
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BEIJING, Dec. 24 -- China&#39;s second manned space mission would take place in September 2005, the Beijing News quoted a high-ranking space official as saying Thursday.
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AUSTIN, Texas &mdash; The orbiting space telescope that just won't quit collecting gobs of celestial data well beyond its expected twilight is set for a major tune-up and upgrade, NASA scientists announced today here at a meeting of the American Astronomical Society.
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A European satellite designed to improve weather forecasting has been given a new launch date.
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15 launches planned for 2008 China will this year launch 15 rockets, deploy 17 satellites and mount its third manned space mission, the country's secretary-general of the Commission of Science Technology and Industry for National Defence has announced.â¦
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China, which put its first man in orbit last year, has built a national engineering and research center for small satellites, paving the way for large-scale production, state media said on Wednesday.