Sep 20 1981
From The Space Library
The People's Republic of China (PRC) launched 3 experiments in space physics on a single rocket, making a total of 11 manmade Earth satellites sent into space by that country since 1970. FBIS quoted PRC press service Xinhua in reviewing the successful series that began April 24, 1970. Previous reports had said the Great March 3 rocket would use a liquid hydrogen and oxygen mixture "slightly less powerful than the European Ariane system," in which the People's Republic had "shown close interest." Both the rocket and its payload were "wholly Chinese manufactured." (FBIS, Xinhua in English, Sept 20/81; Hong Kong AFP in English, Sept 14/81; Paris AFP in English, Sept 10/81)
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